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Ellen Graf

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AUTHOR BIO: Ellen Graf writes out of rural upstate New York where she lives with her husband Zhong-hua Lu. Her first book, The Natural Laws of Good Luck: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage, was released by Shambhala publications on August 11, 2009, with the paperback due out on November 9, 2010. The book has been selected for Barnes and Noble’s Discover New Authors promotion, Border’s Original Voices program, and is an Indie Next List Notable pick for September 09. A graduate of Bennington Writing Seminars in Non-fiction, Ellen is a Ludwig Volgelstein grant for writing and a recipient of the 2009 NYFA Fellowship in Non-fiction. Her work appears in the anthologies Millennium Writings 2010, Right There With You, (Shambhala Publications 2011), T ...more

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[image error] LUCKY BLUNDERS

Joseph Campbell in Hero With A Thousand Faces talks about blunders as doorways to destiny: "A blunder is an example of the ways the adventure can begin. Blunders are not the merest chance; they are ripples on the surface of life, produced by unsuspected springs. And these may be very deep—as deep as the soul itself.

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Ellen Ellen said: " Gilgamesh for me is a tale of complex human relationship. For my friend it is a tale of what was sacrificed, or I should say destroyed, for the sake of culture and civilization--the original and beautiful natural man who was one with creation. Very i ...more "

 
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...August 12, 2009 to Nov 1, 2009... A chance to ask the author questions about The Natural Laws of Good Luck . The topic of culture and relationship ...more
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