Press and Podcasts

Bonnie Jo Talks to Everybody podcast

6.1.25: “Dawn Burns: Excellent Writer and Friend”
“Great to chat with Dawn at H House about writing, teaching, baking and growing up in an evangelical Christian family. Dawn talks about religious trauma, Indiana life, and her new book, A GREEN GLOW ON THE HORIZON: TALES FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOURIST ATTRACTION SURVIVORS.” –Bonnie Jo Campbell

The Deadline: IUSB English Department Blog

10.29.24: Challenges and Triumphs in Writing: A Chat with Bonnie Jo Campbell & Dawn Burns.

Lansing City Pulse

9.19.24: Highlight of Dawn’s session “Kissing Evangelical Purity Culture Goodbye” at the Lansing Lit Fest.

Lansing City Pulse

9.28.23: Lansing Book Party, co-organized by Dawn, invites National Book Award nominee.

PAN-O-PLY story & art michiana

2.2.23: Mixing humor with sincerity. Novelist Dawn Burns Highlights Evagelina Everyday.

ABC 57: South Bend, Indiana

3.25.22: Local author inspires others with her story. Interview with Mary Caltrider.

Stevens Point News

3.15.22: UWSP’s Cornerstone Press to launch two new titles.

Inside Ivy Tech

3.15.22: Staff member publishes fictional book about Midwestern life.

University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point

Dawn joins UWSP student to talk about the release of Evangelina Everyday.

FUMFA Poets & Writers Live

Dawn joins hosts Chris and Katie and fiction writer Adele Annesi for an evening of readings and conversation.

New Faculty and Staff Welcomed to the College

MSU’s College of Arts and Letters announces Dawn’s addition to the Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) faculty.


Your voice matters, your story matters – whether it’s fiction, whether it’s poetry, whether it’s creative nonfiction, whether it’s something else entirely. Your voice matters and will make a difference in the world.

Dawn Burns


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