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madelaine caritas longman
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author of The Danger Model (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019). poetry / essays / neurodiversity & disability studies / 🏳️‍🌈
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I will be teaching an eight-week generative poetry workshop in Montreal, running from September 9th to October 28th, every Tuesday at 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Check it out if you're interested! All levels welcome.
An image for a poetry workshop. The text reads: "Fire and Form: an eight-week generative poetry workshop. Taught by Madelaine Caritas Longman. 6:30-8:30 Tuesday evenings, September 9th to October 28th, 2025. 5333 Av. Casgrain, Montréal. $200-250 (sliding scale). To sign up, email Longmanmc@gmail.com with the subject line 'Poetry Workshop'"
July 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Looking forward to reading tomorrow, July 26th, with brilliant writers Samantha Jones, Drew McEwan, and Léa Taranto! The event will be held at 7:00 EST and is online and open to all. Hope to see you there!

Link: buff.ly/ORdn1E9
Image ID: Promotional poster for the virtual event, An Evening of Poetry and Literature: Four authors from across Canada share new writing on OCD. Photographs of the authors, Samantha Jones, Drew McEwan, Léa Taranto, and Madelaine Caritas Longman, are included above the event details. Date and time: July 26, 2025, at 7:00-8:30 pm EST/4:00-5:30 pm PDT. Event link: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/89578422916
July 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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From Yiyun Li's Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
An excerpt from Yiyun Li's book “Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life.” The text reads: “Many drafts were written when things began to feel unbearable. Composing a sentence is better than composing none; an hour taken away from treacherous rumination is an hour gained; following the thread of a thought to the end is better than having many thoughts entangled. In a sense, writing becomes the effort of detecting a warning sign before it appears. There are moments when it must sound as though I am arguing against hope and happiness, against others and myself, but any attachment, even to the most fallacious idea, is an anchor when solidness cannot be felt.”
July 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Charles Simic, from The World Doesn't End.
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Taking the fictional character test and posting the first four I know:
Will Graham from Hannibal Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower The character Rust from True Detective
May 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Alison Benis White, from "Walk on the Cliff at Pourville"
March 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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"The Lake," Natalie Eilbert. Ooooof.
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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March 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Fish in Exile, Vi Khi Nao
March 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Dionne Brand, from Land to Light On
February 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Important
A yorkshire terrier sits on a red flannel blanket on a brown sofa.
February 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM