A new paper, creative pieces, book review and interview

2026-09-28

Dear readers of the European Journal of Life Writing,

The fourth batch of volume 15 of the European Journal of Life Writing is now online and contains a paper, two creative pieces, a book review and an interview.

Paper
- "Patterns, Threads and Tendencies: Metamodernism and the Memoirisation of British Biography" by Dennis Kersten

Creative Matters
- "A Getting Out of the Way: An Exploration in Using a We-Narrative Voice to Decentre Bias," by Paula Read.
- "Making Makeshifts in a Storm: Fragments on Vision, Faith, and the Body," by Alapa Odugbo.  

Book review:
- Marijke Huisman's Queer geschiedenis van Nederland: De strijd om een eigen verleden [Queer History of the Netherlands: The Struggle for an Own Past], reviewed by Jesse van Amelsvoort. 

Interview:
- "‘Life Writing Has Moved from the Periphery to the Center’: In Conversation With Alfred Hornung," by Katrin Bingham.  

Warm regards, also on behalf of the journal's board and editorial team,

Maimuna Alam
Editorial intern

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