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Alisa Burris

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Writing literary fiction about women’s lived experience and feminist scrutiny of true crime documentaries represent significant aspects of Alisa Burris’s life. After graduating with a B.A. in English, she applied her love of words to a career as a writer-producer-editor for nearly twenty years. During this time, Alisa won several professional honors, including two Promax North America Awards, considered a top prize in marketing, and a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award. Although she enjoyed generating promos, Alisa wanted to return to her roots and earned her M.A. in English. She specifically researched and wrote about forms of societal violence against women. For her Ph.D. in English, Alisa took this academic focus further and studied Jewish-Ameri ...more

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Alisa Burris I read. By reading about the latest news, I can let my obstructed ideas percolate and develop more in the far corners of my mind. Then I'm able to ret…moreI read. By reading about the latest news, I can let my obstructed ideas percolate and develop more in the far corners of my mind. Then I'm able to return, flesh out that thought, and make it really come to life. Brief reading sessions give me the distance I need to break through that dreaded wall and be creatively productive in the end.(less)
Alisa Burris The best thing about being a writer is that I can create a new world to deal with my anxiety, to address an injustice, to create meaning out of chaos.…moreThe best thing about being a writer is that I can create a new world to deal with my anxiety, to address an injustice, to create meaning out of chaos. The possibility of helping someone understand and better navigate an often cruel and hostile world keeps me motivated to continue forging ahead in my own work.(less)
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“I write to make sense of my world, to turn painful experience into art, and to confront forces that deserve to be questioned, even if just by my one voice alone.”
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“I write to make sense of my world, to turn painful experience into art, and to confront forces that deserve to be questioned, even if just by my one voice alone.”
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