Dani Burlison is a writer in Santa Rosa, California. She is the author of Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories and the Lady Parts series. She has been a staff writer at a Bay Area alt-weekly, a book reviewer for Los Angeles Review and a regular contributor to many publications.
When she’s not writing or teaching writing classes at a local community college and in various other programs, Dani is studying, using, and teaching on the topic of herbal medicine.

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Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.