Molly Rideout has published both fiction and nonfiction in a variety of print and online publications. Click the titles below to read the piece or learn where you can buy a copy of the work.
BOOKS
“The Farewell.” Alyssum Press. Handmade, limited edition chapbook. Fall 2021.
“Flight Office Carl George Larsen.” Alyssum Press. Handmade, limited edition chapbook. Fall 2020.
Transient: Stories and Essays. Antenna::Paper Machine. Autumn 2019.
“In Memoriam.” Alyssum Press. Handmade, limited edition chapbook. Summer 2019.
SELECT STORIES & ESSAYS
“Time & Space” (Nonfiction). Mississippi Review. Issue 50: Winter/Spring 2022. Print.
“Father & Son Buried in One Grave” (Nonfiction). River Teeth. 2021
Long-listed for Best American Essays 2021.
“Flight Officer Carl George Larsen” (Nonfiction). Fourth Genre. Vol 22. No. 1: 2020. Print.
“In Memoriam” (Fiction). Mississippi Review. Issue 47: Winter/Spring 2019. Print.
“The Metairie Loop” (Fiction). Tampa Review. Issue 57/58: 2019. Print.
“Selections from A Midwestern Elegy” (Fiction). Wapsipinicon Almanac, No. 24: 2017. Print.
“Hands” (Fiction). Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment. Spring 2017
“Flood” (Fiction). Cahoodaloodaling. Issue 19. 2016 Online.
“The Day the Colors Left” (Fiction). The Gateway Review. Vol 2 #1: 2016. Print.
“Iowa's Already Got Those” (Fiction). Wapsipinicon Almanac. No. 22: 2015. Print.
“Death on the Health Insurance Marketplace” (Nonfiction). Front Porch Journal. Iss. 30. Fall 2015. Online.
“There Are Ghosts in This House” (Nonfiction). Embodied Effigies. Spring 2015. Print.
“Corn Plots” (Fiction). Bluestem. March 2015. Online.
“This is The Part Where We Save The Earth” (Essay). Mapping Residencies. Vol 2: Networks. SPAIN. March 2015. Published in English and Spanish.
“The Great River Road” (Fiction). Prairie Gold: An Anthology of the American Heartland. Ed. Lance Sacknoff & Xavier Cavazos. Ice Cube Press, 2014. Print.
“Due Date” (Fiction/Visual Art). Driftwood Press. Vol. 2. 2014. Print.
Pushcart nomination.
“Cultivating Ecological Themes in Art” (Essay). Alliance of Artist Communities. Dec 12, 2013. Online.
PUBLICITY
Gray, Jezy. “Views: Molly Rideout recalls generations of Colorado women in a new installation.” Art Desk Magazine. May 2023.
van Straaten, Laura. “At MASS MoCA, supporting artists beyond exhibitions.” New York Times. Oct 2021.
McQuaid, Kate. “With sculpture, Edith Wharton’s estate becomes open field for the imagination.” Boston Globe. June 30, 2021.
Marcisz, Christopher. “The Mount’s Writer-in-Residence Wants You to Stumble Upon Her Writing.” Berkshire Eagle. May 28, 2021.
Assets for Artists. “Welcome North Adams Project Artists!” Oct 27, 2019. Online
Johnson, Michael. “Artist Collective Leaves Behind a Legacy of Connection and Collaboration.” Creating Connection. January 2019. Online.
McAllister, Michael. "Grin City Collective Honors Obsolete, Releases Community Resource Guide." Our Grinnell. June 2017. Online.
Vatner, Jonathan. "Grin City Collective Shifts Focus." Poets & Writers Magazine. Mar/Apr 2016. Print.
"Culture, Region and Place - Iowa: Matt Harris & Bill Menner in Conversation with Molly Rideout." Next Generation. 16 Feb 2016.
"2016 Spillways Residency Fellows Announced." Antenna / Press Street. New Orleans. 9 Dec 2015.
"Gallery Opening: USE YOUR WORDS." Wormfarm Institute. 21 July 2015.
"2015 Farm/Art DTour Artists Selected." Wormfarm Institute. 16 July 2015.
Arnold, Maddy. "Cedar Rapids Library puts up unusual public art." The Gazette 20 May 2015. Print.
Leonard, Bob. "IN DEPTH: Poetry on Library Walls." KNIA/KRLA News 19 May 2015. Radio.
Dillard, Rob. "A Rare Writing Project from the Artists Known as Grin City." Iowa Public Radio 13 May 2015. Radio.
Morain, Michael. "Iowa's Grin City Collective helps creative minds wander." Des Moines Register 24 Aug 2014. Print.
Schmitz, David. "The Festival as Art." Iowa Arts Council Field Notes Blog 25 September 2013. Online.
Hunn, Sarrita. "Grin City Collective." Temporary Art Review 18 June 2013. Online.
"Grin City Arts Collective." Iowa Source May 2013. Online.
Hoskins, Tim. "Fertile Ground for Creativity." Iowa Farmer Today 01 December 2012. Print.