Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

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New Issue! The AutoEthnographer Volume 2, Issue 2, Spring 2022

All Issues Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·June 22, 2022·1 min read

In this new issue from The AutoEthnographer, we follow a ballerina through the desert, glimpse into the funeral industry, and process parental grief.

Painting of two women by Mary Cassat from Shelbourne Museum

Autoethnographic Literary Fiction: Processing Parental Grief, “The Sweater”

Michelle Shreeve·

All Autoethnographic Literary Fiction Features Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·June 20, 2022·5 min read

"Processing Parental Grief" As she started to tear up, the sweater instantly felt like her mother's arms wrapping around her. In that moment, Kathy realized she would never again be able to hide in that sweater while her mother was wearing it.

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: “Emily,” An Artist-Teacher in Adult Community Learning

Abbie Cairns·

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

·June 14, 2022·8 min read

"She needs to be an artist to be an artist-teacher in adult community learning. She needs to do both to become the best she can be."

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: “Unspeakable,” Perspectives on Ukraine and Russia

Avery Stevens·

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

·June 6, 2022·11 min read

"Unspeakable is a consideration of the silencing effects of stuttering, political censorship, unspeakable wartime atrocities, and the silent communication within virtual relationships."

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Eulogy For a Perfume

Annie B. Shapero·

All Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Features Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·May 31, 2022·12 min read

"When a favorite perfume ceases to exist, it is another kind of death. Having been created, it leaves a special sort of emptiness," from Eulogy for a Perfume.

Angel of Death illustration by Ria Sopala from Pixabay

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

Hollace Sheppard·

All 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 Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Features 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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The Challenges of Being a Woman in Bangladesh: Rehnuma’s Story

Aliya Khan·

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

·April 22, 2022·2 min read

New from The Twerking Academic, “I know what to call myself: a complicated woman. But what do they call me?“

Painting of Don Quixote by William Marstrand

Autoethnographic Essay: Adventures in Examining Life

Dustin Grinnell·

All 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.”

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

Marlen Harrison·

Æ: Musings from the Editors All 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.”

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: I Just Want to Go Home – Moving, Loss and Unacknowledged Grief

Michelle Reale·

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

·March 23, 2022·18 min read

"Moving away from a beloved home at a tender age was traumatizing, in part, because that home was the only place in which I felt safe."

New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

New Podcast: In What Ways Do Autoethnography & Painting Go Together?

New Podcast: Finding Joy in Artistic Performance as Black Feminist Autoethnography

The AutoEthnographer Is Excited to Offer Student Scholarships!

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Grieving from Miles

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

Woken Word: Make Sure the Truth Is Not Omitted

Experimental Poetry: Libre Office