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New Podcast: In What Ways Do Autoethnography & Painting Go Together?

Marlen Harrison·
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·November 5, 2022·15 min read
"Award-winning artist, Suzanne Hughes, talks about autoethnography and painting. Suzanne is responsible for the cover art for our special issue based on climate change."
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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 AutoEthnographer is Now a Non-profit Literary & Arts Organization

Marlen Harrison·
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·March 23, 2022·1 min read
”As of January, 2022 The AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine is recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a registered nonprofit organization with the mission of becoming a trusted, open-source platform to share and educate readers about evocative personal inquiry, to support emerging authors and artists, to promote cultural diversity and appreciation, and to celebrate creative expression as a vehicle for shared understanding.”
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Autoethnography and Culture: Exploring Embodied Inquiry with Celeste Snowber

Michelle Reale·
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·September 14, 2022·10 min read
"Autoethnography and culture: Embodied inquiry is not a formula, or methodology, but a way of being, being open to the body as a source of knowledge, wonder, difficulty, fragility and utter joy."
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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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New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

Marlen Harrison and Sandra L. Faulkner·
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·January 6, 2023·16 min read
In The AutoEthnographer’s latest podcast, Marlen Harrison talks with Sandra Faulkner about collage and visual poetry.
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Interview with Poet Jacob Meadows, Author of Shades

Marlen Harrison and Jacob Meadows·
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·December 13, 2021·11 min read
"It is in finding these solutions, the tape and the glue that holds us all together, that we find the beauty of who we are as people."
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The AutoEthnographer’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Marlen Harrison·
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·October 28, 2022·1 min read
"The AutoEthnographer is committed to diversity, equity, & inclusion in its administration; support of emerging authors and artists; & celebration of creative expression as a vehicle for shared understanding & positive change."
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The AutoEthnographer’s Shanita Mitchell Wins 2022 IAANI Award

Marlen Harrison·
All ContentNews, Interviews & ReviewsVolume 1, Issue 2 (2021)
·November 16, 2021·1 min read
"Congratulations to Shanita Mitchell, Editorial Board member of The AutoEthnographer and multimedia artist, for her recognition by the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry (IAANI)."
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The AutoEthnographer to Be Indexed by The Library of Congress

Marlen Harrison·
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·September 24, 2022·2 min read
"The AutoEthnographer is proud to announce that it has been selected by the United States Library of Congress for inclusion in their collections!"
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Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry Online Conference, 2022

Marlen Harrison·
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·June 17, 2021·1 min read
"The AutoEthnographer is excited to announce the 2022 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative (ISAN), a fully online conference. The conference will occur via Zoom on January 2-5, 2022."
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New Podcast: Is Autoethnography Essential to a Successful Business? Podcast with Nadine Khair

Marlen Harrison and Nadine Khair·
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·October 18, 2022·16 min read
"Dr. Nadine Khair discusses why autoethnography is essential to successful businesses in this latest podcast."
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