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·September 24, 2021·7 min read

"When I was first accepted into the PhD by research program in the UK, I had mixed feelings, mainly because I was about to pursue a career that I didn’t have the heart for, and partially because I would need to explore yet another new culture, country, and environment."

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“My Voice”: Autoethnographic Poems for a New Beginning

Milton Carp·

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·September 21, 2021·13 min read

"My poems are not entirely mine. They belong to the people and events of my passage through life. For once the dam is breached its contents flow unabridged. - Milton Carp, poet at 91"

Autoethnographic Essay: The Minority in American Literature

Olivia M. Ojeda·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·September 16, 2021·5 min read

"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."

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Jay & June, Part II: Under His Eye

Jacob Meadows·

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

·September 14, 2021·4 min read

"If abortion can be banned, largely due to Christian beliefs, what is to stop an overturning of the legalization of gay marriage or the disestablishment of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?” If The Handmaid’s Tale taught me anything, it is to never believe that I am truly safe, untouchable."

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Jay and June: A Walk in Gilead

Jacob Meadows·

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

·September 7, 2021·5 min read

“What if I were Offred? What if I was a handmaid or a gender traitor living in Gilead?”

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Reluctant Feminist – My Personal Relationship with Two Women Named Emily

Jen Leire·

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

·September 2, 2021·15 min read

"For me, being a feminist simply means I am a strong, independent woman who has ideas and thoughts of her own; but it also means something else, which is an idea that confuses even me. I mean, how could I be a feminist when I am also a conservative woman?"

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Political Correctness – The Dilemma of The Young

Tala Toubassi·

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

·August 27, 2021·7 min read

"For the first time since my adolescence, I am recognizing that I don’t have to believe what everyone believes, nor do I have to base my morals on faceless strangers who don’t know who I am, or what my experiences are."

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Interview with Crystal Sands, Author and Founder of Farmerish.net

Marlen Harrison and Crystal Sands·

All Content Interviews Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·August 21, 2021·8 min read

"This journal is the culmination of my life’s work as a writing teacher, writer, and farmer. In the pages of this journal, you will find coverage for everything from raising chickens to jam recipes to poetry about farming and Nature."

“If You Build It…”: A Glimpse into Founding a Magazine

Marlen Harrison·

All Content From the Editors Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·August 13, 2021·9 min read

"First and foremost, one has to have the belief that if he builds the field, the major players are going to show up for the game. What has most surprised and moved me, however, has been the showing up. Indeed, folks have been showing up each week since the project's inception in late May."

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Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

William Doan·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·August 5, 2021·7 min read

"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."

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Flash Nonfiction: The Decision to Medicate

Gianina Ainsley Romito·

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

·July 10, 2021·3 min read

"We were constantly in fear of her hitting or pushing a friend, destroying a friend's toy, or throwing a block at someone’s head. We started to isolate ourselves because we were embarrassed of how our child acted around others."

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Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

Jacob Meadows·

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·July 6, 2021·7 min read

“Tired,” the titular poem and the collection at large, is an autoethnography looking at the cause of so much pain, so much fatigue. Anthropomorphizing the feeling of being tired gave me creative license to dramatize and explore the real experiences of needing a break...

Missing A Beat

Autoethnographic Poem: A Blue Transhistoric

Never Quite The Same: Fluid Meanings in Autoethnography

Bodily Autonomy: A Fetus for a Fetus

Operating on the Funny Bone: Poems from a Heart Surgeon

Special Issue, Laughter: Give Me A Strawberry Cockroach

Man of Song: Faith, An Autoethnographic Elegy for My Father

Fragrance Cultures: The Making of a Perfume Historian

Autoethnographic Essay: The Minority in American Literature

The Twerking Academic on Black Hair: How Deep Is Your Love?

“Being In Time”: China, Place Memory & Pedagogy – From Xinjiang To Shanghai

Asexual and Aromantic: Exploring Life Alone but Not Lonely

Celestial Bodies: Writing Fiction about Love, Trauma, and Healing

New Podcast: Is Autoethnography Essential to a Successful Business? Podcast with Nadine Khair

Book Review: What Is the Problem with Autofictional Writing? (Free Download)

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

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Storytelling as Academic Writing: How to Embrace Creative Nonfiction

Hair and Social Standards: Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

Issues

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Breaking Personal Boundaries, My Path to the PhD

“My Voice”: Autoethnographic Poems for a New Beginning

Autoethnographic Essay: The Minority in American Literature

Jay & June, Part II: Under His Eye

Jay and June: A Walk in Gilead

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Reluctant Feminist – My Personal Relationship with Two Women Named Emily

Interview with Crystal Sands, Author and Founder of Farmerish.net

“If You Build It…”: A Glimpse into Founding a Magazine

Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

Flash Nonfiction: The Decision to Medicate

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

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