Narrative Practice
Explore key resources on counter-narratives and their role in addressing racism and resisting dominant storytelling frameworks.
Narrative Research Methods
Discover essential readings in narrative research that bridge personal stories with academic inquiry, offering insights into the art of storytelling.
Autoethnography
Explore the transformative power of autoethnography through key works that weave personal narratives with cultural analysis.
A Place for Dad
Insidious Ageism: Why are Old People Disappearing?
I didn’t take ageism seriously until I started to disappear. . .
A dose of gorgeosity for those of us getting on in years
A poem by Louise Glück.
Another Wild Old Lady!
"All were veteran activists," she said, and "all had energy to spare."
Creating Social Change Through Creativity
Moshoula and Karen have published their amazing interdisciplinary collection on anti-oppressive research methodologies. It includes my chapter, "Conversations with Suzanna.”
Sex and Intimacy after 60: Ethical and Practical Considerations
I've had some requests for the PowerPoints and handouts from a lecture I gave at CSWE, so here you go!
Final Visit
Dad hands me a warm rose petal, brown, around the edges, “Huh. Soft. Feel that.”
Simian Crone
Down in the shadows still very still, she labors away, her widow’s hump …
New Narrative Studies
Here are some studies that might be of interest to researchers.
Refining the Narrative Turn: When does story-telling become research?
As narrative research matures, its boundaries must be more clearly defined.
Feel like a dried out husk?
Walking in the yard I noticed an oddly shaped twig.
Review: The Ethnographic I
I took up this book as part of my ongoing struggle to force my creative and scholarly selves to cohabit the same turf.
Afraid of Dying?
I had to admit that I was. I am. Afraid of dying.
Love as Quest
Her sixties, it said, were so rewarding that she decided to stick around.
My Demented Weekend
My stepmother had been sending messages for the past year. Dad was "belligerent.”
Auto-ethnography: Life at the Boundary Between Self and Society
Standing before the full-length mirror in my bedroom I am confused.
“Breathe Deeply, Read Widely.”