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The Taste of Songbirds: Poems of Love and Memory

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This work illustrates the very personal process of a Chinese-born immigrant to the U.S. and a U.S. born citizen learning about each other's cultures over the course of a 27 year marriage.
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Eternal Glow: Black Womanhood’s Story Of Love and Resilience Author’s Memo These three poems are autoethnographic as they utilize personal...
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How do creatives find joy in artistic performance as a form of black feminist autoethnography? Podcast & video.
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