Maureen Langloss

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They Came to Montana to Suffer

June 24, 2020 By Maureen Langloss

"It didn't take long to learn the most important thing about being a guide: don't bring tourists right to the fish. It turned out I had a knack for knowing where trout would bite. I could follow multiple currents at once and see which one the fish slipped into. I'd take clients … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: Fiction, fly fishing, Montana, oysters, short story

Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize

April 24, 2020 By Maureen Langloss

Copper Nickel published three of my stories in the Spring 2020 print issue, and I am delighted to announce the magazine has awarded me their Editors' Prize in Prose for Issue 30 for the "most exciting" work in the issue as determined by a vote of their full staff. This was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Copper Nickel, flash fiction

Cut on the Bias

September 30, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

"It gives you satisfaction to be a woman tying men down. When you see your work cinched under the Adam’s apples of men on the street, you open a button on your blouse. You let the wind have at your throat. At least this, you think." My latest flash fiction, "Cut on the Bias," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: flash fiction, PANK

Interview with Miriam Toews

June 6, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

Miriam Toews is one of my literary idols, and I'm still pinching myself that I got to interview her for The Rumpus. I arrived to her books with a deep need for exactly what they contain. They are masterpieces, and I am sincerely thankful to Miriam for teaching me so much about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: All My Puny Sorrows, Mennonite colony in Bolivia, Miriam Toews, The Rumpus, Women Talking

Love in the Time of Brad Pitt’s First Marriage

March 5, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

When I lived in Santiago in my twenties, my roommate and I kept seeing a guy in our neighborhood who looked just like Brad Pitt. OK, maybe just a little bit like Brad Pitt. It was more about his attitude than his eyes. He had a cool leather jacket and slick (kind of greasy) hair … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Brad Pitt, Elizabeth Robins, Short Fiction, short story, The Journal

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The Cost of Dragons

I’m thrilled to have three new hybrid pieces in the gorgeous last issue of RUBY: “The Cost of Dragons,” “I Never Made the Toast,” and “Anti-ode to the Egg.” I have loved this food-focused literary magazine since its conception and am very sad to see the project end. But it is a joy to be […]

Featured Work

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The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp

I have a new story, “The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp,” in Wigleaf today. Wigleaf is one of my very favorite literary magazines; it is a place I go when I need to read something that resonates deeply. I hope my piece resonates in some way with you. I’m grateful to Scott Garson for his smart […]

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