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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Closet in the Classroom

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·May 26, 2022·13 min read

"I had no idea what the repercussions would be should I disclose my identity to my students. Would I be fired? Would I be questioned? Would I be told not to talk of such things? This reticence is a sad reflection on my internalized homophobia, my being still uncomfortable enough with my identity such that I had to worry about keeping it secret."

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The Challenges of Being a Woman in Bangladesh: Rehnuma’s Story

Aliya Khan·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Fiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·April 25, 2022·42 min read

"Ami Tau Ami (I Am Who I Am), is a story about a mother letting go of her own dreams but passing it to her daughter, as my mother did for me."

The Twerking Academic: “Four Women,” a Multimedia Autoethnography

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·April 22, 2022·3 min read

I pay homage to Nina Simone’s already iconic and thorough exploration of stereotypes by setting the project to the song “Four Women.”

Painting of Don Quixote by William Marstrand

Autoethnographic Essay: Adventures in Examining Life

Dustin Grinnell·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·April 6, 2022·11 min read

”I still aim to engage in the process of life, commit to a meaningful purpose, and structure my life around an intrinsically satisfying activity. For me, I will continue writing as a way to make sense of what it means to be alive.”

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: I Just Want to Go Home – Moving, Loss and Unacknowledged Grief

Michelle Reale·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·March 23, 2022·18 min read

"Moving away from a beloved home at a tender age was traumatizing, in part, because that home was the only place in which I felt safe."

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The Challenges of Being a Woman in Bangladesh: Meena’s Story

Aliya Khan·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Fiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 1 (2022)

·February 16, 2022·22 min read

"My stories are meant to give women from Bangladesh a chance to show their strength and resilience. It is a way for me to try to connect with the rest of the world despite the differences in language and culture."

The Twerking Academic: “Strong Black Woman”, a Multimedia Autoethnography

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 2, Issue 1 (2022)

·February 10, 2022·3 min read

"At what age does a Black woman learn that it is her job to be strong?"

Interview with Poet Jacob Meadows, Author of Shades

Marlen Harrison and Jacob Meadows·

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Interviews Reflections on Method Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·December 13, 2021·11 min read

"It is in finding these solutions, the tape and the glue that holds us all together, that we find the beauty of who we are as people."

Fragrance Cultures: The Making of a Perfume Historian

Elena Vosnaki·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·November 26, 2021·15 min read

"Because I was so immersed in both history, bound in good-smelling leather, no less, and in beautiful and evocative little bottles around me as playthings, I guess it needed no further prompting. It was within my blood before I could think about what I wanted to do with my life!"

Multimedia Autoethnography: On ‘Being’ and ‘Knowing’ a Body

Nandini Manjunath·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·October 23, 2021·3 min read

”I share this artistic piece as an invitation to problematise and think further about not only the Autoethnographic “I/We” in what I/we can know about ourselves and our bodies but also to make space for the incoherence that becomes a part of “being” and “knowing” in explorations of fragmentation and loss.”

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Fragrance Cultures: The Making of a Perfume Critic, Part 1

Marlen Harrison·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·October 3, 2021·18 min read

"As fragrance, and perfume in particular, has played a major role in the shaping of my writer’s voice, and participation in cultures of fragrance has had a major impact upon my identity, it is impossible to situate myself outside of these cultures. It is because of this privilege of “insider identity” within the global fragrance community and my natural inclination towards narrative research that I turned to autoethnography."

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Breaking Personal Boundaries, My Path to the PhD

Nadine Khair·

All Content Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·September 24, 2021·7 min read

"When I was first accepted into the PhD by research program in the UK, I had mixed feelings, mainly because I was about to pursue a career that I didn’t have the heart for, and partially because I would need to explore yet another new culture, country, and environment."

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Genuine Confessions from the Fearless Sommelier: Mixing Wine And Water?

Autoethnographic Essay: The Unbearable Triteness of Being (Middle Class)

Ten Powerful Poems by Albanian Poets and Their Translations