This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
Through all of the things that separate us, there is one universal experience that transcends all barriers: love.
I offer the following five poems to you. I hope that when you read/hear them you see a way into your own stories and ideas of poetic voice.
Today we're talking with the award-winning author, researcher, and performer, Shanita Mitchell about performance and autoethnography.
"From dancing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera to the Cow Palace in San Francisco, every venue taught me valuable lessons."
In the women’s history month, The AutoEthnographer supported "Her Story Leads: Amplifying Women’s voices through digital storytelling".
"My Old Kentucky Homo," highlights my failure to assimilate into the community in which I still live, fourteen years later.
This piece on hair describes how ideas of what is and is not fashionable, as depicted in popular media, can indelibly affect one’s self-perception and identity.
This autoethnographic account explores the complex relationship between language and identity.
This is a love letter to my people, my family and a version of me trying to overcome the trauma of almost seeing their mother die.
This collection of poems is a glimpse into the lives lived on the margins, where the laws put in place to protect basic rights and bodily autonomy cease to apply.
This work, a narrative and poetic account of a school shooting, provides an experiential entry into the experience from the point of view of a faculty member.