Molly Says

She sees, reads, and writes. It feels okay.

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About Molly

Hi. I’m Molly. Here are some facts about me.

  1. I’m a writer and this website is about me and my writing.
  2. I think about and talk about short stories all day long and so should you.
  3. I love twitter and facebook and I’d love to make your acquaintance. I love commiserating with other writers. Reach out to me.
  4. my email is mollylaich (at) gmail (dot) com
  5. I was born april 23rd, 1982 in my mother’s bedroom in Waterford, Michigan.
  6. The suburbs are a terrible, cultureless place. I was a weird kid and an unhappy teen.
  7. I lived and went to college in Detroit. Yes, I read the recent New York Times article about the drop in Detroit’s population. I’m part of the problem.
  8. I got my MFA in fiction from The University of Montana in May, 2011.
  9. Exciting update: I’ll be in Michigan adjuncting for the next semester. I feel great about it. Just great.
  10. To date, I’ve rated over 1,000 films on Netflix.
  11. I am tremendously tall.
  12. Because they make me feel safe, I wear hoodies almost every day.
  13. I’ve taken a vow of silence and meditated in the woods for 10 days straight on two separate occasions, and I’ve still never seen God. Not once. So you tell me.
  14. I love animals. I love animals so much.
  15. The truth is that I’ve stopped paying attention to politics because I find it depressing and feel that there’s nothing I can do.
  16. I still don’t look people in the eye when I talk to them. Sorry about that. It doesn’t mean I don’t like you.
  17. Some of my favorite authors include, but are not limited to: Raymond Carver, Denis Johnson, Joy Williams, John Cheever, David Gates, Kevin Canty, Mary Robison, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Gaitskill, John Fante, J.D. Salinger, Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O’Connor, Franz Kafka, Anton Chekhov, David Foster Wallace, Ryan Boudinot, J. Robert Lennon, Molly Laich.
  18. I like a lot of indie writers too, but I feel like trying to keep a permanent list of them would be a losing game.
  19. Here are two of my faith based beliefs: a. thoughts become things. b. reincarnation.
  20. I believe love is the most important thing.
  21. Words people use to describe me: laid back. awkward. cool. tall.
  22. I believe that I’m special or different in some way and at times I use this to justify inexcusable behavior.
  23. I don’t think it should matter what I look like, but here’s a picture of me at The Golden Rose in Missoula, Montana, drawing pictures on napkins.