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Exciting Opportunity To Participate in National Poetry Month

Sandra L. Faulkner·
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·March 24, 2023·4 min read
We invite you to participate in National Poetry month with us by reading and writing over at The AutoEthnographer's new Facebook group.
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The Ultimate Wave: Prose Poetry of the Pandemic and Parents

Joel Peckham, JR.·
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·March 27, 2023·6 min read
The Ultimate Wave: Prose Poetry of the Pandemic and Parents Author’s Memo “The Wave” examines the problem of pleasure and...
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Zona, Mon Amour: A Micro-autoethnography of a Rare Disease

Serpil Aygün Cengiz and Dilek Isler Hayirli·
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·March 29, 2023·3 min read
Zona. I have always thought that names of diseases sound so beautiful. This is the story of a disease that lives with me.
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How to Find Your Own Voice: Journeying in the World of Poetry

Ulla-Maija Matikainen·
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·April 6, 2023·4 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.
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Unexpected Activism in Students: What Is Human, Remains

Petryna Venuta·
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·April 7, 2023·17 min read
This particular piece, "What is Human, Remains" looks back at my first year as a teacher, and the unexpected activism in my students.
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The Voice’s Standpoint in Creative Expressions: An Artist’s Perspective

Lina Fe Simoy·
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·April 13, 2023·5 min read
There are multiple approaches to find one's poetic voice depending on the lens one chooses as a part of the author’s creative process. 
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Book Review: My Life with Things: The Consumer Diaries

Guillermo Rebollo Gil·
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·April 18, 2023·6 min read
Editor Guillermo Gil's latest book review examines Chin who highlights her relationship to things, and/or her obsessing over wanting and buying things, and many more.
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An Autoethnographic Video Response to COVID-19: “Waiting for Elijah”

Evan Kent·
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·April 21, 2023·6 min read
This is a song for the Passover prophet as a critique on his inability during the Covid-19 pandemic to appear and provide solace and safety.
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“This is no good”: Am I Cursed?

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·April 23, 2023·9 min read
This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
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Vita et Amissio: A Collection of Works on Life & Loss

Alexandra Moffatt·
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·April 29, 2023·7 min read
Through all of the things that separate us, there is one universal experience that transcends all barriers: love.
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The Value of Celebrating Poetic Voice in Middle Age

Sandra L. Faulkner·
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·April 30, 2023·12 min read
I offer the following five poems to you. I hope that when you read/hear them you see a way into your own stories and ideas of poetic voice.
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Performance and Autoethnography: Award-winning Artist Offers Exclusive Insight

Shanita Mitchell and Marlen Harrison·
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·April 30, 2023·18 min read
Today we're talking with the award-winning author, researcher, and performer, Shanita Mitchell about performance and autoethnography.
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