Meet Dana
Dana Perich
Dana grew up in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and has carried her love of stories and learning across classrooms and communities ever since. She earned her undergraduate degree in English at Arcadia University and went on to complete her master’s at Sierra Nevada University. Over the years, she has served as both teacher and administrator in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada.
Bubbly, sweet, and kind—but with just enough edge to keep things interesting—Dana is a fan of the outdoors, fitness, and above all, not taking herself too seriously. She enjoys hiking, spending time with her husband, dog, and friends, and finding joy in the little adventures of everyday life.
Dana is the published author of Walk in Dissonance: A Poetry Collection,a beautifully wrought exploration of cognitive, emotional, and ethical dissonance. Her work blends lyrical sensitivity with unflinching honesty, inviting readers to sit with emotional contradiction and complexity. With her signature mix of clarity and edge, she brings the same sharp voice to her fiction.
She is currently working on her first full-length dystopian YA novel, The Order, a bold and thought-provoking story set to resonate with a new generation of readers.
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Walk in Dissonance: A Poetry Collection by Dana Perich
Every step leaves an echo. In Walk in Dissonance, those echoes collide—grace and grief, hope and hesitation, the soft music of a heart split in two.
In a life that often pulls our hearts and minds in opposing directions, it can be difficult to discern our inner compass at times. This collection of poetry confronts the complexities of cognitive, emotional, and ethical dissonance.
From the bittersweet ache of mixed emotions to the jarring reality of conflicting actions, these poems dissect the human experience, inviting readers to examine similar dichotomies in their own lives.
This collection doesn’t seek harmony so much as honesty, reminding us that even in discord, there is beauty worth listening to.
Advance Praise: "These pieces are both personal and universal, stitched with emotion but grounded in truth. It’s not just a collection—it’s a journey. Highly recommend for anyone who’s ever tried to put their heart back together."
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She thought her footsteps didn’t matter. She never expected they’d echo loud enough to shake a nation.
Seventeen-year-old Alexandria has always known her place: quiet, invisible, obedient. In a world rebuilt by the Twenty-Ninth Amendment—a world that promises stability, order, and progress—she clings to the predictability of school lessons, cross-country runs, and Friday nights at her grandparents’ house.
Alexandria has always found her rhythm in the pounding of her own footsteps. Running cross-country is the only place she feels certain of herself—steady breath, steady stride, steady ground beneath her.
Everywhere else, she fades into the background: in her fractured family, in Mr. Brady’s history class, even at her grandmother's table where stories of the past weigh heavier than the present.
But when the world outside her carefully measured miles begins to crack, Alexandria starts to sense that the truths she’s been taught don’t align with the reality around her. Whispers of unrest, fragments of history hidden in plain sight, and the uneasy silence that follows every mention of the Twenty-Ninth Amendment leave her questioning whether gratitude is the same thing as freedom.
Somewhere between silence and survival, Alexandria discovers that even the invisible can leave a mark.