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Sexy Motherfucker’s Mom

May 5, 2021 By Maureen Langloss

"A month after Prince died, my son, George, changed his name to Rocket and started wearing the kind of tank tops you buy in the drugstore."My latest short story, "Sexy Motherfucker's Mom," appears in the May/June 2021 issue of Kenyon Review. I started working on this story … [Read more...]

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Grassy area of blithe wood on the Bard College Campus overlooking the Hudson River with a single adirondack chair in the distance and blue sky

Assembling Rabbit Hill

When my son was in the first grade, he asked if we could write a book together. Absolutely thrilled by the suggestion, as any writer-slash-mother would be, I immediately hopped to my feet, grabbed some pens, and tore a few pages from the massive box of connected dot matrix paper that we were still working […]

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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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