"My parents drank wine with dinner every night. There’s nothing remarkable about that, but to a kid growing up in Mid-Missouri it was weird."
This particular piece, "What is Human, Remains" looks back at my first year as a teacher, and the unexpected activism in my students.
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.
This piece on hair describes how ideas of what is and is not fashionable, as depicted in popular media, can indelibly affect one’s self-perception and identity.
This autoethnography is the first-hand experience and exposure of imposter syndrome from a new adjunct instructor's point of view.
In this 2nd of my Processing Parental Grief series, Calliandra receives a letter from her mother weeks after her death.
This autoethnographic account explores the complex relationship between language and identity.
Narrating Estrangement is written by those who have decided to distance themselves from, or have been driven out by, their families.
Ulla-Maija Matikainen·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysAutoethnographic PoetryEducationFrom the EditorsVolume 3, Issue 2 (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.
"From dancing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera to the Cow Palace in San Francisco, every venue taught me valuable lessons."
Zona. I have always thought that names of diseases sound so beautiful. This is the story of a disease that lives with me.
The Ultimate Wave: Prose Poetry of the Pandemic and Parents Author’s Memo “The Wave” examines the problem of pleasure and...
