Maureen Langloss

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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

Reading with David Bowie

January 21, 2016 By Maureen Langloss

I experienced David Bowie's death through Twitter, spending that morning poring over his widely-publicized 2013 list of 100 favorite books. I read reviews and plot summaries, searching for a title where our tastes might intersect. I settled on Nella Larsen’s Passing, a novel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading, Latest Post Tagged With: Books, Bowie Bookclub, Bowie's 100 Favorite Books, David Bowie, Jess Row, Kristen Ploetz, Mislaid, Nell Zink, Nella Larsen, Passing, Rachel Dolezal, Reading, Twitter, White Privilege, Your Face in Mine

Latest Post

Gull flying out over turquoise water

May I Hover Like a Gull

…Why not take the smashed pinecone of my life, render it in purple? Why not dream of baking thirteen pies, six bumbleberry, seven sour cherry? Yes, why not? As you may know, I recently dedicated myself to a new writing practice—a promise to copy a poem a day. And here I am changing the rules […]

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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