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Before there was Autofocus Books, there was Autofocus Lit, an online journal dedicated to artful autobiographical writing in its various genres and forms. The online journal began in October 2020 and published 318 original pieces from established and emerging writers before it closed in October 2024 to continue building the press that grew out of it. This anthology collects over forty works of short-form prose (400 - 3,000 words), selected by the journal's founder and editor-in-chief, Michael Wheaton. These works are arranged into the seven big thematic containers that developed over the publication's four years: friends, family, heartbreak, the body, violence, death, and life. If I Can Be Honest provides an instructive, engrossing, and polyvocal survey of artful autobiographical prose two decades into 21st century literature.
Michael Wheaton
Michael Wheaton, PhD, received his PhD in clinical psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill, and completed his postdoctoral training in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders at the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently assistant professor of psychology at Barnard College. His research has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), IOCDF, America Psychological Foundation, and Association for Psychological Science.
Wheaton has previously worked as a study therapist in National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded clinical trials utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for OCD, and also runs a small private practice focused on OCD and related disorders (including OCPD) in New York, NY.
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