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Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy’s Body of Work: An Introduction to This Special Issue

Laurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024 More Reflections on Method Special Issues

·February 13, 2024·14 min read

Laurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo writes the introduction to this special issue celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy’s work.

Editorial: On Social Fiction, Stories, and the 2024 Special Issue of The AutoEthnographer

Patricia Leavy·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024 More Reflections on Method Special Issues

·February 11, 2024·11 min read

Writing fiction allows me to document reality and to reimagine it, just as we can always reimagine ourselves. And that is why we need stories.

Prosepina abducted by evil by Mateus Campos Felipe for Unsplash

Cruella de Vil, from ”101 Dalmatians,” in Real Life

David Jenkins·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·December 8, 2023·6 min read

This piece situates me in a set of sour in-laws relationships that also involved the legal system and it is in the form of autoethnography.

Operating on the Funny Bone: Poems from a Heart Surgeon

Flavian Mark Lupinetti·

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·November 9, 2023·7 min read

Humor acts as a defense mechanism, a pressure release valve, a teaching tool. As a heart surgeon, I have used laughter for all these reasons.

How to Make Students Laugh in Spanish: Some Serious Considerations

Annie Abbott·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·October 28, 2023·9 min read

However, this autoethnographic piece helped me recognize the importance of levity even when the intellectual content is heavy.

How to Survive a Cult in Nebraska

Alphonso Juries·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·October 17, 2023·13 min read

This work is part of a larger ethnography of scars, one that addresses the intersection medicine, religion, and body politics in (among other places) Nebraska.

Camping and Building Powerful Connections at Bull Trout Lake

Heidi Naylor·

All Content Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·October 1, 2023·15 min read

is an essay about the way technology can intrude and obscure what may be our most important human experiences

Image of beautiful Brno-střed by Ignat Arapov for Unsplash

After the Hate Speech Comes the Free Dessert

Emily Hall·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·September 28, 2023·11 min read

This piece recounts a trip I took to the Czech Republic and it is proof that language barriers similarly embolden people to speak cruelly.

four women supporting each other For Vonecia Carswell Unsplash

Contraction: “A stranger held my hand and still, I think I love her”

Jessie Carson·

All Content Autoethnographic Flash Nonfiction Bodily Autonomy Special Issue, 2022-23 Special Issues

·August 23, 2023·7 min read

In this story I shifted my attention to the young woman –a nurse or a volunteer– who sat beside me and held my hand throughout abortion.

A Startling and Memorable Encounter at the Vet

Dominique Elliott·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·August 11, 2023·2 min read

This artwork is based on a startling and memorable encounter at the local vet while attempting to get Anaïs spayed.

The Twerking Academic: What Happens When A Witch Is Black & Beautiful?

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Laughter Special Issue, 2023 Special Issues

·July 20, 2023·5 min read

What happens when a witch is black? This piece is a salute to the transformational beauty of cosplay & all the laughter it inspires.

I am the Roe Generation. Our struggle is now.

Tracey Jean Boisseau·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Bodily Autonomy Special Issue, 2022-23 Special Issues

·July 6, 2023·14 min read

My essay tells my life story in relation to a specific moment in the history of American women’s access to abortion and reproductive justice.

“Manslation”: How Important Is Sexual Literacy?

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Eulogy For a Perfume

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: A Pragmatic Ruin and the Objectionable Southern Woman

Autoethnographic Poetry: First Summer in Whitehorse

Autoethnographic Poetry: Into the Dark, Inspired by Wendell Berry

What Does Homesickness Look Like? Concrete, Fish, & Staying the Same

Tattoo Meanings: Love, Loss, & Autoethnographic Musings

New Podcast & Video: How do Google & Autoethnography Go Together?

Entanglements of the Mind, Soul, and Body: A Collage

The Pandemic Nature Project, Filmed Vignettes of Life During COVID

Book Review: Revealing the Mantra of Trauma

New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

What Is The AutoEthnographer Magazine?

Autoethnographic Essay: The Unbearable Triteness of Being (Middle Class)

I am the Roe Generation. Our struggle is now.

Special Issues

Cruella de Vil, from ”101 Dalmatians,” in Real Life

Operating on the Funny Bone: Poems from a Heart Surgeon

How to Make Students Laugh in Spanish: Some Serious Considerations

How to Survive a Cult in Nebraska

Camping and Building Powerful Connections at Bull Trout Lake

After the Hate Speech Comes the Free Dessert

Contraction: “A stranger held my hand and still, I think I love her”

A Startling and Memorable Encounter at the Vet

The Twerking Academic: What Happens When A Witch Is Black & Beautiful?

I am the Roe Generation. Our struggle is now.

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

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