madelaine caritas longman

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author of The Danger Model (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019). poetry / essays / neurodiversity & disability studies / 🏳️‍🌈

The poem "Advice" by Ruth Stone. It reads:

My hazard wouldn’t be yours, not ever;
But every doom, like a hazelnut, comes down
To its own worm. So I am rocking here
Like any granny with her apron over her head
Saying, lordy me. It’s my trouble.
There’s nothing to be learned this way.
If I heard a girl crying help
I would go to save her;
But you hardly ever hear those words.
Dear children,
You must try to say
Something when you are in need.
Don’t confuse hunger with greed;
And don’t wait until you are dead.

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'"

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

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.”

Will Graham from Hannibal

A yorkshire terrier sits on a red flannel blanket on a brown sofa.