Dana Ray is a multi-genre writer who uses personal experience, literature, and language theory to explore embodiment, disability, and spirituality. Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as Ruminate, The Curator, and Comment.

Ray has a Masters of English Literature and Creative Writing from Bucknell University where she studied under Shara McCallum, G. C. Waldrep, and Christopher Camuto. Her literary studies focused on female writers from the 17th and 18th centuries with a special focus dance and movement.

Ray is most likely to be found haunting the essay and memoir section of the nearest independent bookshop.

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Name Your Work: Language to Lead with Intention and Conviction

Proprietary process to enable unboxable leaders to say what they mean to say. Based on my years as a language strategist.

Essays and Criticism

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Too Expensive to Keep

Personal essay on institutional betrayal in an evangelical church. Received personalized rejection Lauren Winner, nonfiction editor at IMAGE Magazine which felt incredible.

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Voice and Intimacy in Robinson’s “Lila”

“Lila” is something altogether different from her accomplishments in “Gilead.” Robinson still uses her great strength: vivid first person perspective, intimate details, and her lyric tone. But the language and pacing of Lila veers in a different, earthy direction, towards the genuine voice of a different economic class.

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Book Design Failed Chanel Miller. And That’s a Justice Issue.

“Know My Name” is a book of reclamation, taking her life back from both rape and the justice system and owning her true name: Chanel Miller. A book with the immediacy of “Know My Name” deserved a cover that indicated its power. But with the original book cover, it’s too easy to continue not knowing Chanel Miller’s name.

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