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Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize

April 24, 2020 By Maureen Langloss

Copper Nickel published three of my stories in the Spring 2020 print issue, and I am delighted to announce the magazine has awarded me their Editors' Prize in Prose for Issue 30 for the "most exciting" work in the issue as determined by a vote of their full staff. This was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Copper Nickel, flash fiction

Cut on the Bias

September 30, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

"It gives you satisfaction to be a woman tying men down. When you see your work cinched under the Adam’s apples of men on the street, you open a button on your blouse. You let the wind have at your throat. At least this, you think." My latest flash fiction, "Cut on the Bias," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: flash fiction, PANK

Interview with Miriam Toews

June 6, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

Miriam Toews is one of my literary idols, and I'm still pinching myself that I got to interview her for The Rumpus. I arrived to her books with a deep need for exactly what they contain. They are masterpieces, and I am sincerely thankful to Miriam for teaching me so much about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: All My Puny Sorrows, Mennonite colony in Bolivia, Miriam Toews, The Rumpus, Women Talking

Love in the Time of Brad Pitt’s First Marriage

March 5, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

When I lived in Santiago in my twenties, my roommate and I kept seeing a guy in our neighborhood who looked just like Brad Pitt. OK, maybe just a little bit like Brad Pitt. It was more about his attitude than his eyes. He had a cool leather jacket and slick (kind of greasy) hair … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Brad Pitt, Elizabeth Robins, Short Fiction, short story, The Journal

Interview with Ivelisse Rodriguez

February 15, 2019 By Maureen Langloss

I am in awe of the impact Ivelisse Rodriguez’s short-story collection Love War Stories had on me as a reader. Ivelisse got me laughing and crying and spitting mad. She also had me wanting to study her text for clues, connections, and themes like it was a university seminar. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Essay Tagged With: Ivelisse Rodriguez, Love War Stories

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Latest Post

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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