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It’s A Man’s World

November 9, 2016 By Maureen Langloss

I offer you a sampling of things I have heard, read, and seen this past month on the topic of women and inequality: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading, Featured Essay Tagged With: Donald Trump, Emily Dickinson, Equality, Harvard Crimson, Harvard Men's Soccer, Hillary Clinton, Inequality, Phillis Wheatley, Pope Francis, Roxane Gay, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Virgina Woolf, Women's Rights

New Work in Necessary Fiction

August 10, 2016 By Maureen Langloss

I am delighted to announce that Necessary Fiction published my short story, "Gifts from My Mother," today. You can find it here.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading

20 Things I Learned at the Feelies Concert

June 14, 2016 By Maureen Langloss

Just a few hours before the gunman broke out his weapons in Orlando, my husband and I were at a small concert hall in suburban New Jersey, listening to the Feelies perform their fortieth anniversary show. For those of you who don't know the Feelies, they're an alternative/punk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading Tagged With: Brenda Sauter, Broadway, Feelies, Hamilton, Ira Kaplan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, New Jersey, Orlando, punk rock, Stanley Demeski, Yo La Tengo

New Fiction in Timberline Review

February 1, 2016 By Maureen Langloss

After twenty years of writing short stories and novels only to tuck them away in computer files, I am thrilled to announce my very first fiction publication! My story, "The State of the Marriage," appears today in the Winter/Spring 2016 edition of The Timberline Review. “The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading Tagged With: Fiction, State of The Marriage, Timberline Review

Little Hubby on the Prairie: The Past’s Claim on Modern Manhood

January 31, 2016 By Maureen Langloss

Is Pa Ingalls a dangerous role model for boys and men? In my latest essay for The Good Men Project, I explore the impossible expectations that Little House on the Prairie places on men and men-to-be.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading, Featured Essay, Kid Lit, New Work Tagged With: Alexander Chee, Che Smith, gender roles, In My Father's House, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Manhood, Masculinity, Pa Ingalls, Reading, South Dakota, Wall Drug

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CHARM, Still-Life, and Old Lady Abs

This winter is kicking my ass. I am DRAGGING. It’s partly the brutal cold, it’s partly some health stuff, but it’s mostly the state of the world. I’m heartsick over the violence ICE has perpetrated and the fear that our immigrant and urban communities are living under, particularly in Minneapolis. I’m worried about voter suppression, […]

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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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