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The Wolf’s Invasion of My Body through the Years

Shelley Nation-Watson·
All ContentAutoethnographic PoetryVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·July 16, 2023·3 min read
Within the context of this poem, I tried to explain what was happening to my body because of SLE and what I was thinking.
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Savories: Dieting with Roland Barthes One New York Spring

Eric Daffron·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·July 30, 2023·12 min read
I documented my two-month diet in a food journal and it began as a personal effort to lose weight following a "Barthes diet".
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Poetry Helped Me Reclaim My History: Poems of/from Photos

Paul lieber·
All ContentAutoethnographic PoetryVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·August 4, 2023·12 min read
The dynamic taking place in these poems was autoethnography, a hybrid of my investigation of the 1960's coupled with my personal experience.
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Jesus and Fentanyl: A Mortician’s Perspective

Hollace Sheppard·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·September 12, 2023·13 min read
Jesus and Fentanyl: A Mortician's Perspective is actually thoughts from a funeral director and also an ode to an overdose victim.
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Good Birth: The Underrecognized Risks of a “Successful” Labor and Delivery

Lisa Winters·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary FictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·July 7, 2023·16 min read
This story explores childbirth-related trauma and postpartum mental health through the lens of a ‘good birth.’
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Negative Depictions of the Catholic Religion: Be Not Afraid, Never

Kristen Lanerie·
All ContentAutoethnographic PoetryVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·September 10, 2023·6 min read
In my poetry, I highlight negative depictions of Catholic religion and discuss how they differ from my own experiences as a Catholic.
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Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

Primo Ventello·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·July 5, 2023·25 min read
“Letter from Okinawa” describes my research and observations into the impact the U.S. military has had on the island, and tells the story of the Japanese government’s historical culpability by colonizing, controlling, and discriminating against the island.
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Really, There Are No Helpers in The Foster System

Meg Hagseth·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·July 22, 2023·5 min read
This is a piece I wrote in desperation after being confronted with the failures of the foster system in the United States today.
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One Man’s Perspective on Grieving and Death

Anthony Domenick·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·August 22, 2023·30 min read
One Man’s Perspective on Grieving and Death is a narrative representation of death as a universal humanistic theme.
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An Experimental Film About Television & the Quick Prize of Midnight Plasticity

Devin Welch·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·August 30, 2023·3 min read
The poem driving this experimental film about television considers the insomniacs who wake at the same time each night in rhythm.
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Panadero’s Death: His Sweet Bread, Never Absent Bolillo and Our Beautiful Pan Dulce

Francisco J. De León Alonso·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary FictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·July 3, 2023·9 min read
This writing is based on storytelling, common in Mexican culture.
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Pinkie Points It Out: My Weird Depression Looks Kinda Dope!

Renata Ferdinand·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·August 7, 2023·3 min read
My weird depression showed up this summer like “hey sis!” And I was like “fuck my life”! I wasn’t ready. This time, it caught me off guard.
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