We are pleased to announce that we have just published a new cluster, "Life Writing in Times of Crisis," edited by Paweł Rodak and Teresa Bruś.This cluster collects six papers that were originally presented at the IABA/Europe conference of the same name, held  in  Warsaw  from  July  5–8,  2023. You can read these papers and the guest editors' introduction at the European Journal of Life Writing website:

- Cluster introduction, "Life Writing in Times of Crisis" by Teresa Bruś and Paweł Rodak.

- "The Autobiographical Triangle – and Then What?"  by Małgorzata Czermińska.

- "Psychoanalysis and Biography in Times of Crisis: Freud’s Late Correspondence with Marie Bonaparte" by Agnieszka Sobolewska Alsberg.

- "Narratives of Homesteading in Times of Crisis: Peasant Economies in the Light of Interwar Polish Diaries" by Marta Rakoczy. 

- "Wartime Diaries: Diaristic Forms of Recording Borderline Situations" by Jacek Leociak.

- "Prison Epistolarity and the Crisis of Politically Motivated Incarceration in the Letters of Abd al-Azim Anis" by Rowa Nabil. 

- "Coming Out as a Secular Rite of Passage – a Lived Experience Study Based on Diary Narratives of the Polish LGBTQ+ Community" by Joanna Anczaruk.  

Clusters are how we call 'special issues' at this journal. We thank the guest editors for their hard work. 

Also recently published is the following content:

- A creative non fiction piece, "The Fence," by Laura Malacart.

- An interview with Deborah Levy, "Two Silver Herrings for My Granddaughter”: Central Europe, Poland, and Transnational Affinities," by Robert Kusek & Wojciech Szymański.

- A book review of Eleanor Paynter's Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present by Violetta Ravagnoli.

We cordially invite you to read these and other items at the journal's website.  All contributions to our journal are completely open access. 

Kind regards,

Sjoerd-Jeroen Moenandar
Journal Manager