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Book Review: Revealing the Mantra of Trauma

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·November 1, 2024·5 min read
Book Review: Revealing the Mantra of Trauma Author’s Memo This review of The Trauma Mantras seeks to convey the profound...
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Leavy’s Writing and Publishing Qualitative Research is a comprehensive guide that navigates the intricate landscape of qualitative research from the writing phase to publishing.
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·February 12, 2024·9 min read
The Autoethnographer, an award-winning, non-profit, peer-reviewed, digital literary & arts magazine, invites you to submit your work.
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A Conversation with Patricia Leavy about Writing Fiction During the Pandemic and Her New Novel, The Location Shoot

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·September 10, 2023·9 min read
This is a conversation with Patricia Leavy about writing fiction during the pandemic and her new novel, The Location Shoot.
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Narrating Estrangement: Is the Familial Bond Inevitably Strong Life-long?

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·June 15, 2023·5 min read
Narrating Estrangement is written by those who have decided to distance themselves from, or have been driven out by, their families.
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·May 13, 2023·3 min read
In the women’s history month, The AutoEthnographer supported "Her Story Leads: Amplifying Women’s voices through digital storytelling".
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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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Exciting Opportunity To Participate in National Poetry Month

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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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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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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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New Podcast: Finding Joy in Artistic Performance as Black Feminist Autoethnography

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·February 5, 2023·4 min read
How do creatives find joy in artistic performance as a form of black feminist autoethnography? Podcast & video.
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Book Review: Auto-ethnography as a Tool for Critical Education

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·February 3, 2023·3 min read
Guillermo Gil's newest book review examines Lidia Marte's Cimarrón Pedagogies, Notes on Auto-Ethnography as a Tool for Critical Education.
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