Photo by Trisha Baga

 

Molly Dektar is the author of two novels, The Absolutes and The Ash Family. Her short stories have been published in the Yale Review, N+1, Fence, the Harvard Review, the Rumpus, and the Sewanee Review, among others. The recipient of the Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and the Brooklyn College Scholarship for Fiction, she is from North Carolina and lives in Queens, NY. 

Molly is represented by P.J. Mark at Janklow and Nesbit Associates. Follow her on Instagram here.

 
Happy 8 months to Homer, the biggest turkey of my heart ♥️ @homerdeebee
Looking back on a year of photos for my birthday, I laughed so hard at the last screenshot that Homer fell off the boob and started laughing too. 34 today ❣️
Happy 7 months to Homer. A lot of squealing and dancing this month, rolling experiments in the crib, and beaming when he hears a familiar song, like “Hello” or “The Wheels on the Bus.” The passport agent had trouble taking his
Homer is 6 months old! This past month from 5 to 6 months was the absolute hardest. I was surprised by that because many people cheerily imply some kind of linear progress back into mental stability after the newborn phase. Returning to work and real