Ancestors of Place is Dani’s beautiful and ghostly pilgrimage across lands and water, weaving together an intricate tapestry of what it means to explore ancestry and belonging amidst fractured histories, colonialisms, patriarchy, and capitalism — while searching for a deeper sense of home.
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Creative Sonoma Grant Program
I’ve been offered a spot in the ArtSurround grant and training program through Creative Sonoma!
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Dani on the Silver Threads Podcast
Dani Burlison is a mom, writer, teacher, activist, and witch who joins the show to discuss recent watershed moments, reconciling with her past, raw fear, hope for the future, and more.
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Dani Nominated for Another Pushcart Prize!
Dani’s short story “How To Spend A Weekend With A Man Who Doesn’t Love You,” from Some Places Worth Leaving (originally published in Portland Review and nominated for a 2019 Pushcart!) was nominated again by Tolsun Books!
Dani on The Adulting Well Podcast
Video Adaptation of "Shark Week"
A video adaptation of Shark Week, a story from “Some Places Worth Leaving.” premiered at the theatrical book launch at The Imaginists Theater in February. The video was a collaboration between Dani (writing, direction), Darwin Meiners (original score), Meredith Johnson (narration), and Will McCollum (video).
Interview / Review at North Bay Bohemian →
Interview at The Press Democrat
“Santa Rosa writer Dani Burlison’s ‘revenge fiction’ draws on many of her own experiences”
What a treat to talk with Austin Murphy from The Press Democrat about “Some Places Worth Leaving” and my long bumpy road into the writing world:
“The revenge in Burlison’s book takes various forms. In the deeply satisfying opener, a woman tortures a narcissistic English professor on a Lost Coast camping weekend by subjecting him to the silent treatment. The protagonist of another story, “Shark Week,” lets an unkind, violent lover paddle out on his surfboard at Dillon Beach, choosing not to tell him she’d just seen the dorsal fin of a great white. A sniper topples a government, circa 2045, in the grim, dystopian “Election Day,” which evokes Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale...”
READ MORE at The Press Democrat!
Interview at The Rumpus: "Anger as Fuel"
All of Me: Stories of Love, Anger, and the Female Body, a new anthology edited by Dani Burlison, centers the body—the body in search for justice, the body in pursuit of freedom, the body that needs care and healing, the body that is finding new ways to love.
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Interview at KRJF Radio
You can listen to an interview about “All of Me: Stories of Love, Anger and the Female Body” at KRJF Radio at 92.3FM, Santa Rosa, CA online HERE!
Dani Nominated for a Pushcart Prize!
Portland Review is pleased to announce its nominations for the 2019 Pushcart Prize and the 2019 Best Small Fictions anthology. A very warm congratulations to our contributors!
Nominations for the 2019 Pushcart Prize:
Dani Burlison, “How to Spend the Weekend with a Man Who Doesn’t Love You”
New Short Story Collection coming in December 2019!
I’m excited to announce that my chapbook “Some Places Worth Leaving” is being expanded into a full length short story collection which will be published in December 2019 by Tolsun Books!
Interview at Portland Review
"I can’t iterate enough how important it is to represent all voices. That goes for being queer, being a person of color, being a person in poverty. I feel like women in poverty are so overlooked, and it’s something that really bothers me."
You can read the whole interview, “Survival As Resistance,” HERE.
New Anthology from PM PRESS- 2019!
A new anthology, based on LADY PARTS, will be published by PM Press, Fall 2019!
Silver Lining During the Firestorm
I had an amazing experience as a volunteer offering herbal support to CalFire at Alliance Redwoods. Link below for an interview with KQED
Read MoreLady Parts Was Nominated for an Award!
Lady Parts #1 was nominated for the Broken Pencil Zine Awards in the "Political Zine" category! What an honor to be included with such an amazing group of artists and writers. You can read more about the categories, nominations and awards ceremony HERE.
