Writer of multiple genres.

“But this mountain will not leave me alone, wanting not only sweet soft words but everything I have left, which is not so much really.”

—C.A. Davids, How to be a Revolutionary (Verso Books, 2023)

Above all, Molly is reader, and learns from everything she reads. Taking inspiration from recent books that deal with class and women’s lives (Elena Medel, C.A. Davids, Edouard Louis), Molly has taken a deep dive into rethinking the way stories of Colorado and the mountain west are told.

Molly’s instinct is to make a big deal out of small things, such as found objects, long-forgotten archival miscellania, or the seemingly insignificant tools of everyday life. Reconstructing untold stories from such observations is at the heart of her process, whether it results in essays, fiction, or poetry. Recurring themes in her work include stories of resistance to the exploitation of labor and land, and explorations of deep-time and prehuman histories.

Her current project is a novel based on a historical event: a year-long silver-mining strike in 1896 in the central Rocky Mountains. Her research has taken her to the Lake County Public Library Archives and the Western Federation of Miners' Unions Archives at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Molly’s writing appears or is forthcoming in Orion Magazine, The Dark Mountain Project, Fauxmoir, Permafrost Magazine, The Comstock Review, Little Patuxent Review, Five South, Newfound, About Place Journal, The Nashville Review, The Fourth River, and elsewhere.

Awards, Professional Development, Recognition 

Speaker, History of Colorado Exhibition Opening: Unearthed. Voices of Leadville’s Shanty Irish. Leadville Colorado, Sept. 2023

Participant, Mesa Verde Writer’s Conference, Mancos Colorado, 2023.

Participant, The Clearing Folk School, Poetry Course. Door County Wisconsin. Summer 2022.

Supported Researcher, Western Federation of Miners Union Archives, Norlin Library Rare and Distinctive Collections, University of Colorado Boulder.

Best Small Fiction nominee, SunDog Lit, December 2021

Pushcart nominee, poetry, The Midwest Review, October 2021

Best of the Net nominee, fiction, The Westchester Review, October 2021

Pushcart nominee, poetry, The Lily Poetry Review, September 2020

Semi-finalist, flash fiction, The Chestnut Review Summer Fiction Contest, 2021

Finalist, poetry, Three Mile Harbor Press Chapbook Contest, February 2021

Honorable Mention, Connecticut River Review Annual Poetry Contest, October 2020

Second Place, Westerns, The League of Utah Writers, August 2019

Finalist, The Montana Prize for Fiction, Cutbank, 2019

Winner, New Millennium Writings Fiction Contest Winner, October 2017

Top 25 Emerging Writers, Glimmer Train Press, October 2017

Recent Work