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Recent Journalism
Thoughts on Big A Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood, and global culture, on AlterNet.

On KillingtheBuddha "Yoga for Skeptics--Desperate for enlightenment, Westerners flock to India. But the modern yogis’ link to a mystical ancient lineage may be mere hocus pocus."

Recent fiction commendations

Scholar in fiction, Breadloaf Summer Writers Conference, 2005

Finalist, Roanoke Review fiction contest, 2004 (on stands now)

Finalist, 2004 Dana Award in Short Fiction

Finalist, Iowa Award in Fiction, 2005

Finalist, Crazyhorse Fiction Prize, 2005

Fellow, Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France, 2005

Top pick, AWP's (the Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Grace Paley Fiction Award for a short story collection, 2004

Awarded, Pushcart Prize 2005, (for The Poison that Purifies You)

Turkish edition. You can now read First There Is a Mountain in the language of Ataturk. Just ask for Bir Yoga Yolculugu. And check out the cool cover design (left). 

photo (top) of EK in urdhva dhanurasana: Carol Sykes

Comments

[Maxwell Ryan]

Elizabeth, got your email this morning and checked out your site. I love it! It is beautiful and now interactive with the Blog. Absolutely great. Good luck with your continuing book tour and I look forward to reading about yoga in the West... Maxwell