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The True Story of My Grandmother’s Breasts

May 22, 2015 By Maureen Langloss

knitted_breastI’m pleased to share my latest article, The True Story of My Grandmother’s Breasts, an essay about violence against women, Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and a short-story gone wrong.  It was published today as part of Prairie Schooner’s series on “Women and the Global Imagination.”

 

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Filed Under: Essays on Reading, Featured Essay, New Work Tagged With: Bad Feminist, Breast Cancer, Laura Houghteling, Michelle Bachelet, Mireya Navarro, Prairie Schooner, Ray Rice, Robin Thicke, Roxane Gay, Violence against Women, Women's Law Project

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Closup of a violin with bow over strings and hand holding the neck. Bracelets on the white arm.

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 […]

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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