Maureen Langloss
@MaureenLangloss
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Writer. Former attorney. EIC @splitlipthemag. Copper Nickel Editor's Prize | BASS Distinguished Story | Kenyon Review | Harvard Review | Wigleaf
New York, NY
Joined January 2014
I have new work in Wigleaf. Deepest thanks to Scott Garson and the @Wigleaf team for holding my story with such care. I wrote this piece with love for a friend and I'd be so honored if you could read it.
new new: "The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp," by Maureen Langloss:
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Over 170 American citizens were dragged off and held by U.S. Immigration Agents Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds — ProPublica
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The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And...
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omg Mingyu Brian Chan's poem is so trippy and imaginative in the BEST way:
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tonight i’m stillborn / a.k.a envisioning / demands from god, why / his fist breaks into / my open mouth again and / again to salvage / some black skeleton / or a stomach of prozac / hardening into /...
Sit back and enjoy our OCTOBER ISSUE. 🎃 🍂 WORDS by Lynne Beckenstein, Priyanka Champaneri, Monmita Chakrabarti, & Mingyu Brian Chan. ART by Jean Shon. PLUS @nicolegzhao interviews @cherrylousy. https://t.co/lymqNCllv9
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Cuomo seems very unprepared for this debate. I don’t think he’s winning any votes tonight.
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This is very good news for democracy. Thank you PENN, Brown, & MIT
"Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment" via The @DailyPenn:
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This story is a great one to teach as an example of how to build emotional resonance by making excellent use of restraint. It’s a multi-layered story that satisfies on so many levels.
"Whenever I visit, my mother tells me to eat more and asks how I have been sleeping, and my father asks about Habiba. Sometimes I complain, but my father finds it funny." Read GOOD NEIGHBOR by Priyanka Champaneri in our new OCTOBER ISSUE 🍂 : https://t.co/B3llBEvisp
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I just posted a starter pack over there to help you find literary folks. 😉
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If you are leaving this site, please find me wherever you land! My handle is the same over on the photo site and the 💙 site: maureenlangloss. FWIW I get way more engagement over on 🔵 & just generally find it to be a much nicer, friendlier environment.
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Max checking out LAB DOGS by @MelanieDGKaplan ! He’s very excited about this book and so am I! 🐶
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I always look forward to the 15th of the month bc: NEW SPLIT LIP ISSUE! This one is truly phenomenal. Every single piece will resonate for a long time. I especially want to draw your eyes to the concrete poem by Mingyu Brian Chan. We accepted it when the poet was in high school!
Sit back and enjoy our OCTOBER ISSUE. 🎃 🍂 WORDS by Lynne Beckenstein, Priyanka Champaneri, Monmita Chakrabarti, & Mingyu Brian Chan. ART by Jean Shon. PLUS @nicolegzhao interviews @cherrylousy. https://t.co/lymqNCllv9
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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“And then all of a sudden, one day, you’re like, oh my gosh, this is a book.” What a terrific interview with Nini Berndt!
Check out our latest interview, where Evangeline Lim chats with SLM Contributor Nini Berndt about her debut novel, favorite sweets, and the craft of building characters. Read it all right here! https://t.co/nEXAZEJAom
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My kid’s been baking again! Want a donut? We have lots!
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“Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years” 800 times!! The total disrespect by the ruling class for the law, for our beautiful world, and for the people in it is staggering.
Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of digging without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets and spilling muck from its trucks, according to a new document obtained by @CityCastVegas and @propublica.
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After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
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In Hoffman Estates, Illinois, ICE dragged a girl out of a car, slammed her to the ground, then pinned her face down and knelt on her neck. “I’m 15!” she cries out. “I’m not resisting!” What has America become?
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Always nice to send an acceptance on a rainy Saturday afternoon!💫
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