Contemporary British Autoethnography

Like much of British poetry, this book has a place: a place where numerous histories came together in one unplanned space. The three of us were sat together in the atrium of the Checkland building at the University of Brighton, having accidentally bumped into each other in the autumn of 2011. The idea of this book morphed from an initially spontaneous, then ever-developing, conversation. Similar to the casual sharing of thoughts about a recipe book, our ideas converged like the different ingredients that go to make up a new and novel dish. In the company of our invited contributing authors, this book is the resultant mix of many different autoethnographic ingredients.