Margaret Luongo
Education
- MFA, Creative Writing, University of Florida, 2001
- B.A., Drama, Catholic University of America
Teaching Interests
- The Short Story
- Creative Writing Practice
- Contemporary Fiction & Publishing
- Researched Creative Writing
Research Interests
- Short fiction
- Formal experimentation in prose
- Writing about art, mental illness, and theater/performance
Selected Publications
- “Fifty-three,” flash creative nonfiction, Five Points: A Journal of Literature & Art; Vol. 20, No.3, Summer 2021.
- “Interiors,” poetry, BORDERS, catalog of Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, 2020.
- "Right Now," lyric essay, Deep Beauty, ed. Rosemary Winslow, Katie Lee, Woodhall Press, March 2020.
- “Wilson and Love,” poetry, Poet Sounds anthology, ed. Gerry Lafemina, Christine Stroud, CityLit Press, November 2019.
- "Crawling Toward Authenticity," review of Alyssa Nutting’s Made for Love, The Cincinnati Review, May 2018.
- "Amenities," flash nonfiction, New Flash Fiction Review (NFFR), Issue #15, December 2018.
- "Functional Aesthetics," short fiction, anthology, A Very Angry Baby, Acre Books, Winter 2017.
- "Cutting a Window in the Self: Mindfulness and Mania," review, David Ebenbach’s Miss Portland; Fiction Southeast, Fall 2017.
- History of Art: Stories, LSU Press, 2016.
- "No Destination: Migrants in Crisis," review breach, by Olumide Popoola, Annie Holmes; Consequence Magazine, September 2016.
- "Envy and Soullessness in the Suburbs," review, Kathryn Davis' Duplex, The Cincinnati Review, Winter 2015
- Various Reviews, Interviews, & Short Fiction: Fiction Southeast https://fictionsoutheast.com/author/luongo/
- "A Note on the Type," The Southern Review, October 2015
- "Magnolia Grandiflora," Wraparound South, Winter 2015
- "Exile," The Rusty Toque, Winter 2015
- "Repatriation," Consequence on-line, December 2014
- "Three Portraits of Elaine Shapiro," Big Fiction, Summer 2014
- Word Problem, The Cincinnati Review, Winter 2013
- "History of Art," Consequence, Winter 2013
- "History of Art: The War Artist Makes God Visible," Memorious, Spring 2011
- "Girls Come Calling," The Cincinnati Review, Summer 2010
- "The War Artist," GRANTA online, August 2010
- "Buoyant," New South, Summer 2008
- "If the Heart is Lean," North American Review, Jan/Feb. 2008
- If the Heart Is Lean, LSU Press, Fall 2008
- "Fine Arts," The Cincinnati Review, May 2007
- "What Nina Wants," Brilliant Corners, December 2005
- "Mrs. Fargo," FENCE, Fall 2005
- "Do That Everywhere," Hogtown Creek Review, Fall 2004
- "Pretty," Pushcart Prize XXVIII, Best of the Small Presses, 2004
- "Tea Set," Kalliope, Volume XXV No. 1, Spring 2003
- "Circus," The Montserrat Review, #7, Spring 2003
- "Chestnut Season," Jane, February 2003
- "Pretty," Tin House, #11, Spring 2002
Grants and Awards
- Hawthornden Fellowship, Midlothian, Scotland, June 2019
- Ohio Arts Council Creative Writing Residency at the Fine Arts Work Center, Summer 2009
- Walter E. Dakin Fellow at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, 2008
- Ohio Arts Council Grant, 2007
- Pushcart Prize, 2004
Work in Progress
Margaret Luongo’s new story collection, History of Art, was published in March 2016 by LSU Press. She is currently working on a collection of essays about lost art and PTSD.