This essay describes my experiences of the arts during the Covid-19 when arts and culture organizations had to pivot to virtual offerings.
Through our collaborative autoethnography, we learned that intentionally spending time with grief is well worth the effort.
Through “Saxions”, I aim to establish appreciation for the value of our recounts and our place in society as rich storytellers.
Patricia Leavy·
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··26 min readThere’s also a larger goal underscoring my work. I aim to create a philosophy of the arts and a philosophy of love.
J.E. Sumerau·
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··16 min readGratitude is a recurring theme I hear from readers of Patricia Leavy’s social fiction. This is an essay about Patricia Leavy novels.
“Four Essays on Being Trans in the Anthropocene” in one of autoethnographic works on my queerness and informed by speculative anthropology.
"I have personally been that teenager, marking down “white” on a school application, hesitating to answer when an Anglo-American asked me “what are you?”, and leaving those experiences with a deeper sense of displacement."
Sandra L. Faulkner·
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··21 min readAs a feminist poet and (auto)ethnographer, I found Leavy's themes of Film Blue speak to what I want my work to do and be.
Ulla-Maija Matikainen·
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··4 min read A tsunami of words, images, learned and pushed feelings and thoughts go through us every day. Poetry is a way to find our own voice.
I explore the intersection of queer identity and popular culture through the lens of my adolescent crush on rock legend Tina Turner.
Patricia Leavy·
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··6 min readStory-worlds were magical—they transported me to different places where I’d meet new people, and learn about their lives in visceral ways.
"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."
