This is from the experience of losing someone who you thought would be a part of your family, only to realize their journey was different.
Autoethnographic Writing
Whether short-form or long-form, personal memoir or speculative fiction, The AutoEthnographer seeks to publish your evocative expressions of the cultural made personal.
I provide context by referencing theory and practice in narrative medicine and current literary criticism around trauma plots.
I wrote a study of my own faith, bankrupt as it may be, using story of my father, through the lens of Jewishness as I define it for myself.
As 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.
Missing A Beat examines the journey of two brothers as they attempt to leave behind a past marred by domestic violence but are presented with a choice that threatens the sibling bonds that have been their life raft.
"I'm not exactly sure when I decided to make a performance piece about my sister's traumatic brain injury and death. In fact, I'm not sure there ever was a single moment of decision. Her story had become public in many ways, from online care sites to prayer chains to social media posts from family and friends. Her story was being performed out in the world before I started telling it."
There’s also a larger goal underscoring my work. I aim to create a philosophy of the arts and a philosophy of love.
In Part One, I situated my work within the context of the work of writers. Now, I’m situating my work within the context of women writers.
I share the complexity of my frustration about a failed site visit to the British Museum and wonder about the meaning of the experience.
"The Christening Gown' is an autoethnographic exploration of the significance of a family heirloom for an Irish Catholic family in the USA."
It grew out of my personal experience researching Black history museums; but in reality, it began a lot earlier, maybe before I was born.
Odesa addresses the traumas of struggling immigrants, who face rejection and shunning rather than acceptance and understanding.