West Michigan! Please join us tomorrow at these free events to talk about purity culture and religious trauma. With everything going on, this is more important than ever. @dawnburns.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social Please RSVP at the link below:

Michael Martone & U.S. Highway 30—blending fact and fiction across the ordinary landscapes of northern Indiana. #LiteraryLandscapes by @dawnburns.bsky.social. #MichaelMartone #US30 #Hanna #FortWayne #Indiana #TheFlatness newterritorymag.com/literary-lan...

Thanks to @ramya.bsky.social, @dawnburns.bsky.social, @amygcb.bsky.social, Ava Tomasula y Garcia, and Matt Miller for contributing!

We've got another Many Voices Open Mic coming up at Everybody Reads on February 22nd with three fantastic featured readers! KATHLEEN MCGOOKEY www.press53.com/kathleen-mcg... *** COLLEEN ALLES www.colleenalles.com *** SARAH CARSON www.stuffsarahwrote.com @colleenalles.bsky.social

Second post up on Substack. Give it a read and follow me! open.substack.com/pub/dawnburn...

Lansing, Michigan, 7:50-8:02 a.m., 3 degrees 🥶 I woke wanting to see the sunrise. Whenever I've worried the world would end, it hasn't. The world won't end today. Every morning, the sun rises. Joy is an act of resistance. A sunrise is an act of resistance. What's YOURS?

Sharing an article about Zee the Goblin’s art in Ink Free News! I’m a little late, but I remembered today! So glad to have Zee in my life and as part of SwampFire. They create art and community in ways that move and inspire me, AND they make an excellent pot of tea!

Celebrating winter solstice with art I just received from Julian M. Norwood! I’m so grateful for Julian’s art, friendship, and presence in the world, making the world a better place to live day by day! www.brushandtea.com

“The first time Sammy and I met Hell’s self-appointed mayor Odum Plenty, whose real name is John Colone, we were waiting for Screams to open so I could buy her ice cream at the Creamatory.” — “Go to Hell: A Love Story” At the end of a semester, writing for myself feels exactly right!

Super excited that the #LiteraryLandscapes book has a title! Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest, forthcoming 2025 from @illinoispress.bsky.social

Had a great time talking with @bonniejo.bsky.social at A Novel Concept last Friday about writing, community, and other things that matter!

Thanks again to to IUSB for hosting @bonniejo.bsky.social and me, and to Natasha O'Hara who concludes, "every story has its own unique perspective, and whether you choose to shape that into fiction or non-fiction, there’s something powerful about writing from a place that’s deeply familiar."