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Carolyn Ellis is the leading writer in the move toward personal autobiographical writing as a strategy for academic research. In addition to her landmark books Final Negotiations and The Ethnographic I she has authored numerous stories that demonstrate the emotional power and academic value of autoethnography. This volume collects a dozen of Ellis’s stories—about the loss of her husband brother and mother; of growing up in small town Virginia; about the work of the ethnographer; about emotionally charged life issues such as abortion caregiving and love. Atop these captivating stories she adds the component of meta-autoethography—a layering of new interpretations reflections and vignettes to her older work. An important new work for qualitative researchers and a student-friendly text for courses.