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Confessions of an ESL Student: The Powerful Value of a Question

Francisco J. De León Alonso·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionUncategorizedVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·March 17, 2023·16 min read
Confessions of an ESL Student explores the significant role that English study played in my development as a student and adult.
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Autoethnographic Nonfiction: Grieving, or How to Make the Best Spinach Lasagna

Zsofia Czako, Walter Burgess and Marietta Morry·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·March 17, 2023·14 min read
In the autoethnographic "Spinach Lasagna", the narrator joins a family of southern Italians and learns that grieving is cultural.
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Autoethnography of Black Fatherhood and Prenatal Stress Test

Cornelius Fortune·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·March 4, 2023·14 min read
"This is an autoetnography of a black fatherhood journey which encapsulates my hopes, my fears, my love of baby and mother, while trying my best to make sense of a Black fatherhood I wanted so very dearly."
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Artistic Autoethnography: How Can We Open the Door to Boundless Artmaking?

Karenanna Boyle Creps·
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·March 1, 2023·4 min read
I introduce artistic autoethnography and how the term a/r/tifact opens up the imagination to the possibilities of autoethnographic artmaking.   
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Out of Place: A Mexican Lobo & Puerto Rican Human Explore a New Landscape

Rima Brusi·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·February 23, 2023·17 min read
Just like Puerto Rican immigrants, animals might land in a complex political landscape where some might welcome them, but some might not.
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New Podcast & Video: How do Google & Autoethnography Go Together?

Marlen Harrison, Kasey McCormack, Sophie Olsen, Amanda Lapin and Addison Tice·
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·February 22, 2023·17 min read
In today's new podcast & video Marlen Harrison talks with current marketing interns about the role of culture in using Google Ads.
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“Manslation”: How Important Is Sexual Literacy?

Timothy Laurence Marsh·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·February 21, 2023·24 min read
“Manslation” explores several episodes from the author’s childhood and early adulthood that show the development of his sexual literacy.
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“Ethology”: An Ethnographic Account of a Road Trip in East Africa

Dan Lawrence·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary FictionVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·February 18, 2023·46 min read
Ethology is a highly fictionalized ethnographic account of my travels around Tanzania, East Africa during my teens.
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Collage and Erasure Poems: “Bringing Up Baby”

Sandra L. Faulkner·
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·February 15, 2023·15 min read
"Bringing up Baby” is a collection of collage and erasure poems that function as praise for and critique of (white) mothering. 
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“I Hate Black History Month,” Pinkie Points It Out

Renata Ferdinand·
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·February 15, 2023·3 min read
I. Hate. Black. History. Month. And I’m hopeful, that in time, you will come to hate it too!
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Hollyland: Writing Fiction to Celebrate the Arts

Patricia Leavy and Marlen Harrison·
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·February 13, 2023·5 min read
In the following interview with award-winning author, Patricia Leavy, we discuss writing fiction and her new novel Hollyland.
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The Twerking Academic on Black Hair: How Deep Is Your Love?

Shanita Mitchell·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·February 8, 2023·3 min read
This piece explores the ways in which identity and esteem are interwoven into the topic of Black hair.
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