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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Closet in the Classroom

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·May 26, 2022·13 min read

"I had no idea what the repercussions would be should I disclose my identity to my students. Would I be fired? Would I be questioned? Would I be told not to talk of such things? This reticence is a sad reflection on my internalized homophobia, my being still uncomfortable enough with my identity such that I had to worry about keeping it secret."

Climate Epiphany: Dante’s Hell and Our Tragedy with Nature

Ulla-Maija Matikainen·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Climate Change Special Issue, 2022 Special Issues

·May 22, 2022·4 min read

"Ongoing horrific events painstakingly filled my mind when I submerged into Dante’s Commedia Divina. Our tragedy with nature revealed itself to me in its deepest form."

Autoethnographic Art and Essay: Ode to Bygone Birds of Childhood, Part 2 – Automatons and Mutants

Terry Graff·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Autoethnographic Essays Autoethnographic Writing Climate Change Special Issue, 2022 Special Issues

·May 16, 2022·15 min read

"As the world’s bird populations decline precipitously, will the many winged creatures we knew as children live only in the mists of memory?"

Angel of Death illustration by Ria Sopala from Pixabay

Flash Nonfiction: “The Things They Carried,” A Glimpse Into the Funeral Industry

Hollace Sheppard·

All Content Autoethnographic Flash Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·May 10, 2022·3 min read

"And these are the things I carry: the memories of those gone before us; the names of those entrusted to me to care for."

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Have You Ever Crossed the Desert in a Circus Train?

Barbara File Marangon·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·May 6, 2022·5 min read

"Have you ever crossed the desert in a circus train? I took such a detour—by choice— in 1978 when I hung up my pointe shoes to ride an elephant named Peggy."

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Donate to The AutoEthnographer

Marlen Harrison·

All Content From the Editors

·April 27, 2022·3 min read

“When you donate to The AutoEthnographer, you help us ensure our future and fulfill our mission.“

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The Challenges of Being a Woman in Bangladesh: Rehnuma’s Story

Aliya Khan·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Fiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·April 25, 2022·42 min read

"Ami Tau Ami (I Am Who I Am), is a story about a mother letting go of her own dreams but passing it to her daughter, as my mother did for me."

The Twerking Academic: “Four Women,” a Multimedia Autoethnography

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·April 22, 2022·3 min read

I pay homage to Nina Simone’s already iconic and thorough exploration of stereotypes by setting the project to the song “Four Women.”

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Autoethnographic Poetry: First Summer in Whitehorse

Renée Francoeur·

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Climate Change Special Issue, 2022 Special Issues

·April 12, 2022·6 min read

"This poem is rumination on how the personal experience of volunteering in never-before-seen flood relief efforts in the remote north reinforces the research that 'many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years.'"

Painting of Don Quixote by William Marstrand

Autoethnographic Essay: Adventures in Examining Life

Dustin Grinnell·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·April 6, 2022·11 min read

”I still aim to engage in the process of life, commit to a meaningful purpose, and structure my life around an intrinsically satisfying activity. For me, I will continue writing as a way to make sense of what it means to be alive.”

Autoethnographic Art and Essay: Ode to Bygone Birds of Childhood, Part 1 – Drawings

Terry Graff·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Autoethnographic Essays Climate Change Special Issue, 2022 Special Issues

·March 31, 2022·13 min read

"In retrospect, it was inevitable that birds and machines would converge in my work as a life-long exploration and expression of the relationship between nature and technology through the creation of avian cyborgs, the genesis of which can be traced back to my early drawings of robots and of the bygone birds of my childhood."

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The AutoEthnographer is Now a Non-profit Literary & Arts Organization

Marlen Harrison·

All Content From the Editors News, Interviews & Reviews Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·March 23, 2022·1 min read

”As of January, 2022 The AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine is recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a registered nonprofit organization with the mission of becoming a trusted, open-source platform to share and educate readers about evocative personal inquiry, to support emerging authors and artists, to promote cultural diversity and appreciation, and to celebrate creative expression as a vehicle for shared understanding.”

“I Hate Black History Month,” Pinkie Points It Out

One Man’s Perspective on Grieving and Death

Panadero’s Death: His Sweet Bread, Never Absent Bolillo and Our Beautiful Pan Dulce

Autoethnographic Poem: A Blue Transhistoric

Operating on the Funny Bone: Poems from a Heart Surgeon

Genuine Confessions from the Fearless Sommelier: Wine In The Blood

Jay & June, Part II: Under His Eye

The Pandemic Nature Project, Filmed Vignettes of Life During COVID

Armored Corps: The Spirit of Combativeness and Human Resilience – Graphic Narratives (2022-23)

Autoethnography and Artwork: Revealing Oppression in “Supreme Justice”

The AutoEthnographer Is Excited to Empower Young Women through Unique Digital Mentorship

“I Hate Black History Month,” Pinkie Points It Out

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Ten Powerful Poems by Albanian Poets and Their Translations

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

Autoethnographic Essay: The Unbearable Triteness of Being (Middle Class)

Genuine Confessions from the Fearless Sommelier: Mixing Wine And Water?