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Why We Chose It: The Exhibit

September 18, 2018 By Maureen Langloss

Split Lip Magazine has started a nifty blog series called "Why We Chose it?" This month, I had the opportunity to write about why we published "The Exhibit" by Samantha Kimmey, a dark and powerful flash fiction that grabbed me from the very first read. It was an honor to publish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: Editor, flash fiction, Samantha Kimmey, Short Fiction, Split Lip Magazine

Love Letter from a Flash Fiction Editor

January 2, 2018 By Maureen Langloss

To celebrate the new year, I wrote a love letter to the authors I worked with in 2017 at Split Lip Magazine. In this post, I attempt to describe the surprisingly emotional experience I had editing the short fiction of our amazing writers, as well as to honor flash fiction as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay

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 Fiction in Bird’s Thumb

October 1, 2016 By Maureen Langloss

My story, "Chorionic Villus Sampling with the Virgin Mary," is now up at Bird's Thumb. I'm thrilled to share it with you. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: abortion, Bird's Thumb, Chorionic Villus Sampling, CVS, Fiction, prenatal testing, reproductive rights, short story, Virgin Mary

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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In the Bee-Loud Glade

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 […]

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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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