This introductory essay describes the collaborative and inclusive dialogic space of this issue, in which multiple scholars share their viewpoints on the futures of auto|biography studies. The essay surveys the seventy-seven contributions from diverse global and disciplinary perspectives that enter into discourse to consider “what's next” for the field. The editors also discuss some of the
... [Show full abstract] patterns that they see emerging on the pages of a|b: Auto|Biography Studies and in other scholarship that point toward possible futures. Hipchen and Chansky include their own visions of possible futures as well.