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Orion on the Horizon

Orion on the Horizon

By Elizabeth Enslin on August 23, 2010

Good news on the professional front….

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Posted in Kudos, Publication, Recent | Tagged awards, creative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, Orion Magazine, publication | Leave a response

From Prose to Poetry and Back

From Prose to Poetry and Back

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 19, 2010

‘m sad that I’m not participating in the poem-a-day madness of National Poetry Month. That’s what pulled me into a poetry last year. I hoped to discover new ways to bring music and imagery into my prose, never thinking I’d fall in love with writing and reading poetry itself (something I’d always avoided)….

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Posted in Poetry, Publication, Recent, Writing Process | Tagged creative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, memoir, Poetry, wordplay | Leave a response

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Hiding

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 6, 2010

Perhaps you’ve noticed that I’ve been hiding from my blogging duties for awhile….

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Posted in Recent, Writing Process | Tagged amphibians, blogging, creative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, memoir, reptiles | 2 Responses

Nominated for Pushcart Prize

Nominated for Pushcart Prize

By Elizabeth Enslin on March 16, 2010

Last week, I found my name on a list of Pushcart Prize nominees at The Gettysburg Review. I published “Natural Births,” a chapter from Sacred Threads, in their Spring 2009 issue….

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Posted in Kudos | Tagged creative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, memoir | 4 Responses

First Wednesday Reading at Blackbird Wineshop

First Wednesday Reading at Blackbird Wineshop

By Elizabeth Enslin on March 11, 2010

On Wednesday, April 7 from 7-9 pm, I’ll be joining Peter Sears, Jackie Shannon-Hollis and Brian Christopher for a reading and wine-tasting co-hosted by Oregon Literary Review and Blackbird Wine Shop in Portland, Oregon….

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Posted in Featured, Readings, Recent | Tagged announcements, creative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, memoir, Nepal | 2 Responses

Words from some of my current and abandoned titles

Dances With Titles

By Elizabeth Enslin on February 20, 2010

I work hard to polish the content of my literary nonfiction and poetry but don’t always give the same attention to titles….

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Posted in Recent, Writing Process | Tagged creative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, Poetry, stories | Leave a response

Waking to the New Year in a Treehouse

Waking to the New Year in a Treehouse

By Elizabeth Enslin on January 1, 2010

I woke to the first day of 2007 in a treehouse in Northern Laos. That set a standard for New Year’s celebrations that I’ll probably never live up to again. It was just me, my partner Jerry, and all the wildlife of Bokeo Nature Reserve. We could have joined eight other travelers at the main treehouse for a night of revelry, but we longed for solitude….

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Posted in Eco Travel, Recent, World Travel | Tagged creative nonfiction, nature writing, photography, wild | 3 Responses

“A Grammar for Yurt Living” Published

“A Grammar for Yurt Living” Published

By Elizabeth Enslin on December 18, 2009

I have a new essay published in The Smoking Poet. It’s new in the sense of being recently completed and published but also in the sense of process….

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Posted in Publication, Recent, Yurt Living | Tagged creative nonfiction, Writing, yurts | 4 Responses

Forthcoming Literary Nonfiction

By Elizabeth Enslin on December 3, 2009

More recent successes in publishing my literary nonfiction: The Raven Chronicles has accepted a condensed and modified chapter from my ethnographic memoir, Sacred Threads, for publication.  “Meeting my Future in the Dark” about the first meeting with my Nepali in-laws over twenty years ago should be out in print next spring or summer. After following  

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Literary Rejections I’m Grateful For

Literary Rejections I’m Grateful For

By Elizabeth Enslin on November 20, 2009

It’s easy for an emerging writer like myself to become obsessed with rejection. That’s mostly what comes back from all the packets I mail or documents I upload with a hopeful, electronic click….

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About Elizabeth Enslin

A writer based in Oregon, I look for inspiration and distractions in nature. An anthropologist, I ponder the places where nature and culture meet. A kitchen gardener, I promote biodiversity and learn from farming traditions around the world. A recovering academic, I try to do all with compassion and humor.

Find out more about me here, or at elizabethenslin.com.

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