Maureen Langloss

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In the Bee-Loud Glade

May 13, 2025 By Maureen Langloss

Closup of a violin with bow over strings and hand holding the neck. Bracelets on the white arm.

I’m adding a new layer to my writing practice and wondered if you want to try it with me. You don’t have to be a writer to do this daily exercise. It will be meaningful to non-writers too, especially right now. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, since before my mom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Inspiration, Musical scales, poetry, Violin

The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp

May 2, 2025 By Maureen Langloss

A bowl of applies on a dark wood surface. Photo credit: Annie Spratt

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: flash fiction, Wigleaf

Every Cut Has a Kerf

December 15, 2024 By Maureen Langloss

The Cover of Issue 62 of the Harvard Review

I am delighted to have two poems in Harvard Review this month, one in their gorgeous new print issue and the other online. I am so grateful to the editors at HR for including me alongside so many authors I admire and for taking such care with all of our work. I hope you will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading, Latest Post

Maureen’s Giant Gift Guide

November 18, 2024 By Maureen Langloss

Amy Stuber's SAD GROWNUPS beside a magnifying glass and an hourglass

I started writing a post about the profound and overwhelming sadness I’ve felt since the election. But writing that post felt too profoundly and overwhelmingly sad! Impossible even. Then, somehow, I ended up here instead, putting together a gigantic gift guide for writers and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: Amy Brady, backpack, Books, Center for Fiction, Christina Cooke, Copper Nickel, Holiday gifts, Lady M, library, library cart, Missouri Review, New York Society Library, notebook, One Story, Orion, Pie, Puzzles

Resurrection

August 27, 2024 By Maureen Langloss

Picture of my mom and me from summer 2023

It’s been a minute. Life has been a bit of a blur. You see, my mom, Barbara Langloss, died of cancer at 8:15am on Tuesday, July 16. She waited for Richard Simmons and Dr. Ruth to get up there before making her fashionably late appearance at the tender age of 76. She didn’t die … [Read more...]

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Latest Post

A few words from Richard Serra's verb list in Maureen Langloss's hand on a blue sheet of paper.

Verbing

Would you like to play with me? I’m between creative projects, trying to let my mind rest and replenish. Are you in this place too? Want to try a brain relaxer? To start, let’s get back in our pajamas. Pour a cup of tea. Put on some music. Pull out a sheet of paper or […]

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A bowl of applies on a dark wood surface. Photo credit: Annie Spratt

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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