Molly McGhee
@mollymcghee.com
Reader. Novelist. Fiction nerd. Pro-worker. Anti-billionaire. I teach at Columbia. Online for two decades.
at a party watching three people exchange their algorithms. they sit in a corner and open their apps. they watch each other scroll for five minutes, with commentary, then the next person begins. they are on their second cycle of sharing, which means they have been doing this for thirty minutes.
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
at a party watching three people exchange their algorithms. they sit in a corner and open their apps. they watch each other scroll for five minutes, with commentary, then the next person begins. they are on their second cycle of sharing, which means they have been doing this for thirty minutes.
infinity of word combinations drives local author to madness
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
infinity of word combinations drives local author to madness
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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As an independent bookstore owner, I like to start Small Business Saturday by cleaning out the chicken coop. A happy chicken is a satisfied customer.
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
As an independent bookstore owner, I like to start Small Business Saturday by cleaning out the chicken coop. A happy chicken is a satisfied customer.
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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some news
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
some news
I need this…
It's arrived—and it's gorgeous.
I opened @merriam-webster.com's new Twelfth Collegiate at random, and the first word I came across was the second, verbal sense of "load."
Huzzah!
This spread also showcases some delights, like the illustrations and word lists.
I opened @merriam-webster.com's new Twelfth Collegiate at random, and the first word I came across was the second, verbal sense of "load."
Huzzah!
This spread also showcases some delights, like the illustrations and word lists.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I need this…
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Brother Abernathy You Are Kind
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Brother Abernathy You Are Kind
I need one of those clean type-A spreadsheet girls to put me through a six week organizational bootcamp. Ideally I will question everything I know about "workflow." Bonus points if there is a crying montage that I emerge from with god-like email management skills . . .
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I need one of those clean type-A spreadsheet girls to put me through a six week organizational bootcamp. Ideally I will question everything I know about "workflow." Bonus points if there is a crying montage that I emerge from with god-like email management skills . . .
Had an awesome conversation with my agent today and feeling /really good/ about my next project. Still a little bit away from sharing, but I’m starting to get excited!
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Had an awesome conversation with my agent today and feeling /really good/ about my next project. Still a little bit away from sharing, but I’m starting to get excited!
www.thebeliever.net/the-sentence... teaching this wonderful essay today — I highly recommend reading!
The Sentence is a Lonely Place - Believer Magazine
I came to language only late and only peculiarly. I grew up in a household where the only books were the telephone book and some coloring books. Magazines, though, were called books, but only one maga...
www.thebeliever.net
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
www.thebeliever.net/the-sentence... teaching this wonderful essay today — I highly recommend reading!
Still vibrating from seeing Frankenstein last night. Thank you @realgdt.bsky.social for making such a beautiful and true adaptation. Every scene was a love letter to the original text!
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Still vibrating from seeing Frankenstein last night. Thank you @realgdt.bsky.social for making such a beautiful and true adaptation. Every scene was a love letter to the original text!
!!!!!!!!!!!!! go see guillermo del torro's frankenstein !!!!!!!! GO SEE GUILLERMO DEL TORRO'S FRANKENSTEIN !!!!!!!!!! G O S E E G U I L L E R M O D E L T O R R O ' S F R A N K E N S T E I N ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!! go see guillermo del torro's frankenstein !!!!!!!! GO SEE GUILLERMO DEL TORRO'S FRANKENSTEIN !!!!!!!!!! G O S E E G U I L L E R M O D E L T O R R O ' S F R A N K E N S T E I N ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I hope everyone has a nice sleep cycle tonight. Good luck in the ether.
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I hope everyone has a nice sleep cycle tonight. Good luck in the ether.
my read-through of dostoyevsky did not heal me as i thought it would. if anything i am worse than ever. perhaps it was foolish not to anticipate this outcome.
March 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
my read-through of dostoyevsky did not heal me as i thought it would. if anything i am worse than ever. perhaps it was foolish not to anticipate this outcome.
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Okay, I've compiled all the recommendations below into a list here. Happy to add more titles basically indefinitely!
December 9, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Okay, I've compiled all the recommendations below into a list here. Happy to add more titles basically indefinitely!