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Angel of Death illustration by Ria Sopala from Pixabay

Autoethnographic Flash Nonfiction: “The Things They Carried,” A Glimpse Into the Funeral Industry

“And these are the things I carry: the memories of those gone before us; the names of those entrusted to me to care for.”

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

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Grieving from Miles

I couldn’t go to India for the past two years due to COVID-19 uncertainties and be with the rest of my family to help them navigate through this earth-shattering loss when they needed me the most, a sad reality of many international students.”

Photo of man sitting in front of projected illustration of dying woman

All Autoethnographic Multimedia Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

“I’m not exactly sure when I decided to make a performance piece about my sister’s traumatic brain injury and death. In fact, I’m not sure there ever was a single moment of decision. Her story had become public in many ways, from online care sites to prayer chains to social media posts from family and friends. Her story was being performed out in the world before I started telling it.”

Photo of baby chicks by Michael Anfang for Unsplash

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

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: “Mourning (Unfinished)”

“I cried for Andie and the baby chicks I heard but didn’t get to meet. I cried for my baby I heard and didn’t get to meet. And I cried for myself that I had been living with such anger and resentment for other women, my sisters in the world, for years because I didn’t get a chance to talk about and heal from my own tragedy.”

Photo of Man covered with sticky notes by Luis Villasmil for Unsplash

All Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

“Tired,” the titular poem and the collection at large, is an autoethnography looking at the cause of so much pain, so much fatigue. Anthropomorphizing the feeling of being tired gave me creative license to dramatize and explore the real experiences of needing a break…

mourning

Autoethnographic Flash Nonfiction: “The Things They Carried,” A Glimpse Into the Funeral Industry

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Grieving from Miles

Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: “Mourning (Unfinished)”

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

Climate Epiphany: Dante’s Hell and Our Tragedy with Nature

Autoethnographic Art and Essay: Ode to Bygone Birds of Childhood, Part 2 – Automatons and Mutants

Autoethnographic Flash Nonfiction: “The Things They Carried,” A Glimpse Into the Funeral Industry

Through the Eyes of a Dancer: Crossing the Desert in a Circus Train

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Call for Submissions, 2022 Special Issue: “Climate Change”

Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine

Autoethnographic Art and Essay: Ode to Bygone Birds of Childhood, Part 2 – Automatons and Mutants

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

Autoethnographic Art and Essay: Ode to Bygone Birds of Childhood, Part 1 – Drawings

Autoethnographic Poetry & Art: Traveling Through the Apocalypse

Autoethnographic Poetry: First Summer in Whitehorse

Autoethnographic Poetry: Into the Dark, Inspired by Wendell Berry

Autoethnographic Poetry & Art: Traveling Through the Apocalypse

Autoethnographic Poetry: “The Wrong Kind of Theme Park”