Maureen Langloss

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New Website

May 9, 2015 By Maureen Langloss

After contributing essays to various blogs, I’ve decided it’s finally time to collect them all in one place.  While I work privately on my novels and short stories, this “blog” will collect my memoir-style, non-fiction pieces that explore how literature can influence, motivate and change us. I will occasionally be addressing topics in women’s rights, gender, parenting and kid lit.

Please pardon my initial posts, which will be populated with content previously published elsewhere.

Filed Under: New Work

Latest Post

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, […]

Featured Work

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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