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An independent writer and author examining political violence, American culture, social fracture, resilience, and the human stories that outlast the headlines.
How we got here,
how to survive,
& what happens next.
Riney’s work examines the forces shaping modern American life – from political violence and cultural fracture to institutional trust, identity, rhetoric, and resilience.
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
What violence reveals about the people, relationships, institutions and culture surrounding it.
American Culture
The ideas, identities, contradictions, and stories shaping how we understand one another.
Resilience & Repair
What happens when individuals and institutions are unable to repair what has been broken.
SHOTS IN THE DARK:
A Mass Shooting Survivor’s S.O.S. to America
Featured Work
Writing at the intersection of survival, violence, culture, and moral contradiction.
TheAntiHeroine
Writing from the complicated middle of real life.
Selected writing also appears in Lighthouse and other publications.
ABOUT ALLISON
Allison Riney is a writer, author and cultural commentator whose work examines political violence, American culture, social fracture, and resilience. A survivor of the 2016 Dallas mass shooting, she brings firsthand perspective to her work without allowing personal experience to define its boundaries.
MEDIA
A steady voice through the darkness
Available for interviews, commentary, podcasts, television and radio, speaking engagements, and moderated conversations.
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