Zona. I have always thought that names of diseases sound so beautiful. This is the story of a disease that lives with me.
In the autoethnographic "Spinach Lasagna", the narrator joins a family of southern Italians and learns that grieving is cultural.
The Ultimate Wave: Prose Poetry of the Pandemic and Parents Author’s Memo “The Wave” examines the problem of pleasure and...
"My parents drank wine with dinner every night. There’s nothing remarkable about that, but to a kid growing up in Mid-Missouri it was weird."
What this essay tries to capture is both the wonder and the inherent horror in potty training.
One Man’s Perspective on Grieving and Death is a narrative representation of death as a universal humanistic theme.
Jill Boyles·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 4, Issue 2 (2024)
··4 min readA Private Life in Rural Idaho Challenges Living in Rural Areas Living a private life can be enticing. One way...
In this new issue from The AutoEthnographer, we follow a ballerina through the desert, glimpse into the funeral industry, and process parental grief.
"Not Forgotten: Another Glimpse into the Funeral Industry" is a new work of flash nonfiction from our columnist Hollace Sheppard.
"Combining autoethnography and artwork, Supreme Justice aims to reveal the persistence of institutionalized oppression of women through history."
I provide context by referencing theory and practice in narrative medicine and current literary criticism around trauma plots.
"Barriers melt like grilled cheese at the table when you're dancing for your supper like the old vaudevillians."