In the following interview with award-winning author, Patricia Leavy, we discuss writing fiction and her new novel Hollyland.
I write out of the consciousness that I am both a product of the violence of war and a migratory being—not only in the strictest sense of physical displacement, but also in belonging.
"Horse, Therapy is a story of my own experience and is a commentary on trauma, both in animals and humans."
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All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysAutoethnographic PoetryEducationFrom the EditorsVolume 3, Issue 2 (2023)
··4 min read A tsunami of words, images, learned and pushed feelings and thoughts go through us every day. Poetry is a way to find our own voice.
Nothing prepared me for the xenophobia and homophobia I would encounter in Italy. No one warned me how to avoid becoming their victim
However, this autoethnographic piece helped me recognize the importance of levity even when the intellectual content is heavy.
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.
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.
In a single paragraph that represents one long thought, “I’d say I was a runner” explores the act of running as a form of self-therapy.
This autoethnography is the first-hand experience and exposure of imposter syndrome from a new adjunct instructor's point of view.
This piece works to contextualize aging in the queer community, the complexities of developing trends in spectacle versus intimacy, the depth and shallow natures that are found in performance, as well as the fear and hope that can be found as a queer person.
Jesus and Fentanyl: A Mortician's Perspective is actually thoughts from a funeral director and also an ode to an overdose victim.