In Memory of
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 |
My Favorite American Poet
Dedication
To my Dad
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Rex Buckley Jensen Circa 1979 |
A veritable renaissance man, my father was primarily a career English teacher at the middle and high school levels. His passion for poetry and great literature further fueled my own love of prose and verse, and his personal library provided the fodder for my literary love affair to flourish. Thank you Dad! I admire you in so many different ways, and am proud to bear your name betwixt my own.
—All my love,
Jordan Rex Jensen
Chapter 1
What is Autoethnography?
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As an avid journaler and self-leadership scholar, autoethnography comes naturally to me. This proclivity was likely implanted in me genetically. It was further fueled mimetically by the example of my forebears. As a multi-generational member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on both sides of my family, my progenitors prioritized family history, genealogy, journaling, and other personal and family record keeping. This was especially true in the case of my paternal grandmother—an avid genealogist and family historian—and her son, my father—a loquacious and voluminous diarist.
At an early age, Dad granted me access to his life's journals, which I eagerly perused—to my great benefit and enjoyment. I have since followed in his footsteps by penning thousands of pages in my own journals. In my doctoral dissertation and other books I have written and published over the past two decades, I have also included detailed self-leadership studies that autoethnographically chronicle my life to date.
Poetry has always been a big part of my life.
Aside from being my first poetry collection, this book also serves as a poetic autoethnography of my life's journey, as well as a literary exponent to promote the use of poetry and verse as a pedagogical tool in classrooms of all kinds.
Readers of my poems will discover many autobiographical (or autoethnographical) elements strewn throughout its stanzas. One prominent theme involves my difficulties learning to manage obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), existential anxiety, and depression—all of which have been a regular part of my life since age twelve (12). Other salient themes include romance and Self-Action Leadership, two areas of life with which I have been, for better or for worse, obsessed.
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And tune in next Wednesday for Chapter 2: A Poetic Autoethnography...
—Dr. JJ
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