Maureen Langloss
@maureenlangloss.bsky.social
Writer in NYC. Former Attorney. EIC Split Lip Magazine. Copper Nickel Editor's Prize | BASS Distinguished Story | Kenyon Review | Ploughshares | Harvard Review | Wigleaf | http://maureenlangloss.com/
It’s nice to get a tiny piece of good news when you’re sick and grumpy. Grateful to American Short Fiction. Sending congratulations to the winners. This story is in my collection which I hope to share someday.
![Dear Maureen Langloss,
Thank you for submitting "[redacted]" to The Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize. While your submission did not make the final short list, it was selected for a list of contest semi-finalists. Your work stood out as one of our strongest submissions, and we hope you will submit to us again.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yzu5lus5ff7wumrqrmzsllnz/bafkreihwnma2psubikasnqk4sylxfmoi67fiolzyd4u2ry4ry4wovupo3a@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It’s nice to get a tiny piece of good news when you’re sick and grumpy. Grateful to American Short Fiction. Sending congratulations to the winners. This story is in my collection which I hope to share someday.
Still miserable because bronchitis, but at least there’s Miriam Toews to help me ponder the weird sadness and beauty of life.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Still miserable because bronchitis, but at least there’s Miriam Toews to help me ponder the weird sadness and beauty of life.
I’m in bed with a very unpleasant cold. But this is a lovely book to read when sick:
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m in bed with a very unpleasant cold. But this is a lovely book to read when sick:
This picture encapsulates what I wish I could do with writing. Multiple textures & colors. Layers of depth. The view pulling you deeper & deeper into a scene that keeps surprising. Oh, red leaves. Oh, ripples of water. A bridge. People on path in the far distance. Skyscrapers. Clouds. Light…
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This picture encapsulates what I wish I could do with writing. Multiple textures & colors. Layers of depth. The view pulling you deeper & deeper into a scene that keeps surprising. Oh, red leaves. Oh, ripples of water. A bridge. People on path in the far distance. Skyscrapers. Clouds. Light…
I found another bald cypress changing colors in Central Park! And it’s huge! With a moody view of Belvedere Castle behind it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I found another bald cypress changing colors in Central Park! And it’s huge! With a moody view of Belvedere Castle behind it.
Boats on the water as seen through a blurry train window at dusk.
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Boats on the water as seen through a blurry train window at dusk.
If you ever get a chance to see Rennie Harris Puremovement, please do. Absolutely brilliant. I loved every minute. Totally transported out of my own life and into this movement and rhythm.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you ever get a chance to see Rennie Harris Puremovement, please do. Absolutely brilliant. I loved every minute. Totally transported out of my own life and into this movement and rhythm.
Empire State looking sexy in blue tonight.
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Empire State looking sexy in blue tonight.
What a fantastic night at Books Are Magic to celebrate @eshanisurya.bsky.social & her stunning debut RAVISHING! I could have listened to @roxanegay.bsky.social & Eshani talk all night. So much warmth, wit, and insight in that room.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What a fantastic night at Books Are Magic to celebrate @eshanisurya.bsky.social & her stunning debut RAVISHING! I could have listened to @roxanegay.bsky.social & Eshani talk all night. So much warmth, wit, and insight in that room.
Very glamorous cat in Central Park photo shoot today.
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Very glamorous cat in Central Park photo shoot today.
What? Blocks of wood pretending to be books? Are we okay with this? Is this cool or a total horror show? I feel like the music from Psycho should be playing here.
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What? Blocks of wood pretending to be books? Are we okay with this? Is this cool or a total horror show? I feel like the music from Psycho should be playing here.
Had a truly glorious time back at Harvard for the 60th anniversary of the Michael C. Rockefeller Fellowship. I try not to indulge in nostalgia because I find it rather painful. But this weekend was full of beautiful autumn light, meaningful reflection, deep abiding community, and endless gratitude.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Had a truly glorious time back at Harvard for the 60th anniversary of the Michael C. Rockefeller Fellowship. I try not to indulge in nostalgia because I find it rather painful. But this weekend was full of beautiful autumn light, meaningful reflection, deep abiding community, and endless gratitude.
Headed to Boston & seeing the NYC skyline has me feeling extra emotional. It always makes me emotional, but this week has been extra special in New York. I love this place so much. Feel lucky every single day to live in this city with the millions of amazing people who live here too.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Headed to Boston & seeing the NYC skyline has me feeling extra emotional. It always makes me emotional, but this week has been extra special in New York. I love this place so much. Feel lucky every single day to live in this city with the millions of amazing people who live here too.
A dear friend sent me this double rainbow from the Berkshires and I thought you should see it too!
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A dear friend sent me this double rainbow from the Berkshires and I thought you should see it too!
I’m sorry, but what????
The NYT should not be running headlines like this is 2025. Why are they still platforming Ross Douthat?
The NYT should not be running headlines like this is 2025. Why are they still platforming Ross Douthat?
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I’m sorry, but what????
The NYT should not be running headlines like this is 2025. Why are they still platforming Ross Douthat?
The NYT should not be running headlines like this is 2025. Why are they still platforming Ross Douthat?
Now can we go back to poetry?
This one by @jessicainclan.bsky.social in the latest @newohioreview.bsky.social is a delight. I’m here for poignant speculative poetry.
This one by @jessicainclan.bsky.social in the latest @newohioreview.bsky.social is a delight. I’m here for poignant speculative poetry.
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Now can we go back to poetry?
This one by @jessicainclan.bsky.social in the latest @newohioreview.bsky.social is a delight. I’m here for poignant speculative poetry.
This one by @jessicainclan.bsky.social in the latest @newohioreview.bsky.social is a delight. I’m here for poignant speculative poetry.
Really loved Ellen Bryant Voigt’s discussion of Larkin’s “Cut Grass” in her book THE ART OF SYNTAX, so I copied the poem into my notebook today.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Really loved Ellen Bryant Voigt’s discussion of Larkin’s “Cut Grass” in her book THE ART OF SYNTAX, so I copied the poem into my notebook today.
Funny to see a rotary phone in a furniture shop window displayed like it’s an antique or a prop. I wonder if it’s for sale! I’m guessing its only incoming calls are from ghosts.
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Funny to see a rotary phone in a furniture shop window displayed like it’s an antique or a prop. I wonder if it’s for sale! I’m guessing its only incoming calls are from ghosts.
My kid made this for us tonight with coconut rice & it was delicious.
Gift recipe: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...
Gift recipe: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My kid made this for us tonight with coconut rice & it was delicious.
Gift recipe: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...
Gift recipe: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...
This weekend was a glorious POETRY POETRY POETRY weekend for me. I wrote one, edited a bunch, submitted some, and read a few chapters of THE ART of SYNTAX. This book is blowing my mind. But also breaking my mind a bit. I find it very hard to fully take in & yet also so cool. I will need to reread.
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This weekend was a glorious POETRY POETRY POETRY weekend for me. I wrote one, edited a bunch, submitted some, and read a few chapters of THE ART of SYNTAX. This book is blowing my mind. But also breaking my mind a bit. I find it very hard to fully take in & yet also so cool. I will need to reread.
I am really into the whole idea of a tree being both deciduous and conifer and actually published a poem in Harvard Review last year about the larch.
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I am really into the whole idea of a tree being both deciduous and conifer and actually published a poem in Harvard Review last year about the larch.
Did you know about the Bald Cypress? I did not & was so shocked when I came upon this magnificent tree bc it’s got needles but also turns colors! It’s a deciduous conifer! It’s a hybrid-genre tree! Like the larch. It gets its cool name bc it goes bald in winter, dropping its needles.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Did you know about the Bald Cypress? I did not & was so shocked when I came upon this magnificent tree bc it’s got needles but also turns colors! It’s a deciduous conifer! It’s a hybrid-genre tree! Like the larch. It gets its cool name bc it goes bald in winter, dropping its needles.
The Earl Grey MarTEAni is, without a doubt, the best cocktail ever invented. Audrey Saunders is a genius.
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Earl Grey MarTEAni is, without a doubt, the best cocktail ever invented. Audrey Saunders is a genius.
I did a lot of the business of writing this week, so I'm rewarding myself by tinkering with poems.
Here are some pointy yellow leaves on a sky of asphalt if you want to write poems with me now too.
Here are some pointy yellow leaves on a sky of asphalt if you want to write poems with me now too.
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I did a lot of the business of writing this week, so I'm rewarding myself by tinkering with poems.
Here are some pointy yellow leaves on a sky of asphalt if you want to write poems with me now too.
Here are some pointy yellow leaves on a sky of asphalt if you want to write poems with me now too.