Molly McGhee
@mollymcghee.com
Reader. Novelist. Fiction nerd. Pro-worker. Anti-billionaire. I teach at Columbia. Online for two decades.
emily bronte - wuthering heights
i mean . . . look at me . . . if you don't think i read this book 100 times at 14 . . .
i mean . . . look at me . . . if you don't think i read this book 100 times at 14 . . .
October 28, 2024 at 3:48 PM
emily bronte - wuthering heights
i mean . . . look at me . . . if you don't think i read this book 100 times at 14 . . .
i mean . . . look at me . . . if you don't think i read this book 100 times at 14 . . .
witold gombrovicz - pornografia
i love his sentences. could spend a million years in his prose.
i love his sentences. could spend a million years in his prose.
October 28, 2024 at 3:38 PM
witold gombrovicz - pornografia
i love his sentences. could spend a million years in his prose.
i love his sentences. could spend a million years in his prose.
grace paley - enormous changes at the last minute
grace paley hive rise up. moral clarity to put us all to shame and one of funniest writer to ever grace us with her presence? i say yes.
grace paley hive rise up. moral clarity to put us all to shame and one of funniest writer to ever grace us with her presence? i say yes.
October 28, 2024 at 3:35 PM
grace paley - enormous changes at the last minute
grace paley hive rise up. moral clarity to put us all to shame and one of funniest writer to ever grace us with her presence? i say yes.
grace paley hive rise up. moral clarity to put us all to shame and one of funniest writer to ever grace us with her presence? i say yes.
mikhail bulgakov - the master & margarita
undefinable and perfect. any attempt to describe this novel is an injustice. you just have to experience it.
undefinable and perfect. any attempt to describe this novel is an injustice. you just have to experience it.
October 28, 2024 at 3:32 PM
mikhail bulgakov - the master & margarita
undefinable and perfect. any attempt to describe this novel is an injustice. you just have to experience it.
undefinable and perfect. any attempt to describe this novel is an injustice. you just have to experience it.
the open curtain - brian evenson
masterpiece of interiority and religious horror. I'm obsessed with evenson so it's hard to pick just one.
masterpiece of interiority and religious horror. I'm obsessed with evenson so it's hard to pick just one.
October 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
the open curtain - brian evenson
masterpiece of interiority and religious horror. I'm obsessed with evenson so it's hard to pick just one.
masterpiece of interiority and religious horror. I'm obsessed with evenson so it's hard to pick just one.
barbara comyns - who was changed and who was dead
so far every comyns book I've read I've loved. my favorite element of her work is the way she combines whimsical tone with events that are brutal in their commitment to realism. I hope to read everything she's written.
so far every comyns book I've read I've loved. my favorite element of her work is the way she combines whimsical tone with events that are brutal in their commitment to realism. I hope to read everything she's written.
October 28, 2024 at 3:28 PM
barbara comyns - who was changed and who was dead
so far every comyns book I've read I've loved. my favorite element of her work is the way she combines whimsical tone with events that are brutal in their commitment to realism. I hope to read everything she's written.
so far every comyns book I've read I've loved. my favorite element of her work is the way she combines whimsical tone with events that are brutal in their commitment to realism. I hope to read everything she's written.
helene oyeyemi - mr. fox
imo oyeyemi is at her best when she isn't taking herself too seriously. this book is her most playful work and my favorite. I love the way she captures the thin line between love and obsession.
imo oyeyemi is at her best when she isn't taking herself too seriously. this book is her most playful work and my favorite. I love the way she captures the thin line between love and obsession.
October 28, 2024 at 3:25 PM
helene oyeyemi - mr. fox
imo oyeyemi is at her best when she isn't taking herself too seriously. this book is her most playful work and my favorite. I love the way she captures the thin line between love and obsession.
imo oyeyemi is at her best when she isn't taking herself too seriously. this book is her most playful work and my favorite. I love the way she captures the thin line between love and obsession.
kobo abe - the woman in the dunes
masterwork of translation, handles dark suspense so beautifully, and the prose . . . this is the one I recommend to all my MFA students
masterwork of translation, handles dark suspense so beautifully, and the prose . . . this is the one I recommend to all my MFA students
October 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM
kobo abe - the woman in the dunes
masterwork of translation, handles dark suspense so beautifully, and the prose . . . this is the one I recommend to all my MFA students
masterwork of translation, handles dark suspense so beautifully, and the prose . . . this is the one I recommend to all my MFA students
james hogg - the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner
one of my favorite books to have ever been written about the devil, look-a-likes, christianity, shame . . . ms within a ms . . . and written by a self-taught working man in the early 19th century which is just fucking cool.
one of my favorite books to have ever been written about the devil, look-a-likes, christianity, shame . . . ms within a ms . . . and written by a self-taught working man in the early 19th century which is just fucking cool.
October 28, 2024 at 3:22 PM
james hogg - the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner
one of my favorite books to have ever been written about the devil, look-a-likes, christianity, shame . . . ms within a ms . . . and written by a self-taught working man in the early 19th century which is just fucking cool.
one of my favorite books to have ever been written about the devil, look-a-likes, christianity, shame . . . ms within a ms . . . and written by a self-taught working man in the early 19th century which is just fucking cool.
ann leckie - the raven tower
what if god was stone: how would stone think, be, exist, influence. also an outlier in the context of the rest of her body of work, but I thought this book was philosophically profound and an impressive experiment of narration.
what if god was stone: how would stone think, be, exist, influence. also an outlier in the context of the rest of her body of work, but I thought this book was philosophically profound and an impressive experiment of narration.
October 28, 2024 at 3:19 PM
ann leckie - the raven tower
what if god was stone: how would stone think, be, exist, influence. also an outlier in the context of the rest of her body of work, but I thought this book was philosophically profound and an impressive experiment of narration.
what if god was stone: how would stone think, be, exist, influence. also an outlier in the context of the rest of her body of work, but I thought this book was philosophically profound and an impressive experiment of narration.
muriel spark - the driver's seat
one of the best writers to have ever written, in my humble opinion. the depiction of violence in the driver's seat is an outlier for her wider body of work, but also seems to be at the heart of her life's work. really cannot recommend this one enough.
one of the best writers to have ever written, in my humble opinion. the depiction of violence in the driver's seat is an outlier for her wider body of work, but also seems to be at the heart of her life's work. really cannot recommend this one enough.
October 28, 2024 at 3:15 PM
muriel spark - the driver's seat
one of the best writers to have ever written, in my humble opinion. the depiction of violence in the driver's seat is an outlier for her wider body of work, but also seems to be at the heart of her life's work. really cannot recommend this one enough.
one of the best writers to have ever written, in my humble opinion. the depiction of violence in the driver's seat is an outlier for her wider body of work, but also seems to be at the heart of her life's work. really cannot recommend this one enough.
gene wolfe - the wizard knight
i'm a die-hard gene wolfe fan (though tw: blatant sexism is a feature of almost all his work). the wizard knight is my go-to.
i'm a die-hard gene wolfe fan (though tw: blatant sexism is a feature of almost all his work). the wizard knight is my go-to.
October 28, 2024 at 3:13 PM
gene wolfe - the wizard knight
i'm a die-hard gene wolfe fan (though tw: blatant sexism is a feature of almost all his work). the wizard knight is my go-to.
i'm a die-hard gene wolfe fan (though tw: blatant sexism is a feature of almost all his work). the wizard knight is my go-to.
kay dick – they
I'm teaching this one in a couple weeks, total fever dream and exploration of fascist societies, weirdly timely and timeless
I'm teaching this one in a couple weeks, total fever dream and exploration of fascist societies, weirdly timely and timeless
October 28, 2024 at 3:10 PM
kay dick – they
I'm teaching this one in a couple weeks, total fever dream and exploration of fascist societies, weirdly timely and timeless
I'm teaching this one in a couple weeks, total fever dream and exploration of fascist societies, weirdly timely and timeless
got a dog and my life is so much better dogs rule
July 29, 2024 at 4:54 PM
got a dog and my life is so much better dogs rule
this is one of my favorite photos of ever taken, on the day matt and i entered our civil partnership 🤍
February 16, 2024 at 5:03 AM
this is one of my favorite photos of ever taken, on the day matt and i entered our civil partnership 🤍
