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Call of the Wild: Out of the Library and into the Woods

December 16, 2015 By Maureen Langloss

My latest essay, “The Wolf Inside,” is up on Literary Mama today. Learn how a bunch of city boys in a book club take to the wild. In it, you will find a disinterested bear, a place called Doodletown, Michael Chabon, orange salamanders, inspiration for the New Year, and a whole … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays on Reading, Featured Essay Tagged With: Bear Mountain, book club, Call of the Wild, Carl Sandburg, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Donn Fendler, Edna in the Desert, Elizabeth George Speare, Harriman State Park, Jack London, Jean Craighead George, Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Library Lady, Literary Mama, Lost on a Mountain in Maine, Lost Trail, Maddy Lederman, Michael Chabon, My Side of the Mountain, Small as an Elephant, The Sign of the Beaver, Tina Welling, Writing Wild

Latest Post

The Cover of Issue 62 of the Harvard Review

Every Cut Has a Kerf

I am delighted to have two poems in Harvard Review this month, one in their gorgeous new print issue and the other online. I am so grateful to the editors at HR for including me alongside so many authors I admire and for taking such care with all of our work. I hope you will […]

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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