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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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Anaïs: A Startling And Memorable Encounter At The Vet

A Startling and Memorable Encounter at the Vet

Dominique Elliott·
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·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.
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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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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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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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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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The Twerking Academic: What Happens When A Witch Is Black & Beautiful?

Shanita Mitchell·
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·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. 
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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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The Year of Sluttery: Quick Notes to My Many Lovers

Scarlett d. Jones·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·July 13, 2023·9 min read
After 34 years of monogamy I entered the dating app world and began writing the first weekend I was single. This is story of my experience.
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A Startling Note: “Looking for Gay Friends” in the Triangle Place

Hongwei Bao·
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·July 9, 2023·6 min read
A Startling Note: "Looking for Gay Friends" in the Triangle Place narrates a gay man’s experience of sexual awakening on a university campus.
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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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I am the Roe Generation. Our struggle is now.

Tracey Jean Boisseau·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionBodily Autonomy Special Issue, 2022-23Special 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.
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