Lowitz, Leza

AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY: Leza Lowitz was born in San Francisco, California in 1962. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in Creative writing from San Francisco State University. She has received numerous awards for her poetry, fiction, and translations, among them: the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for the best book of poetry and the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. She has also received a Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She has published several poetry, fiction and translation books. Some of her books are: Yoga Heart: Lines on the