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Dorothy Allison

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American writer, poet, novelist, critic (1949–2024)

Person · Open Library

Born
1949-04-11
Died
2024-11-06
Works
28

Top works

  • Tin House
  • Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
  • Crooked letter i
  • Ghosts in Gaslight, Monsters in Steam (Gay City)
  • L'Histoire de Bone

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1927-11-11
Active to
2016-11-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
14
Total plays
55

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Quotes

  • I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.
  • I want to write a great book — I want to make a difference — I want to have adventures and take enormous risks and be everything they say we are and not give a damn what anyone says.

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Key facts

Born
( 1949-04-11 ) April 11, 1949, Greenville, South Carolina , U.S.
Died
November 6, 2024 (2024-11-06) (aged 75), Guerneville, California , U.S.
Occupation
Writer poet novelist
Education
Florida Presbyterian College ( BA ), Florida State University , The New School for Social Research ( MA )
Subject
class struggle , child and sexual abuse , women, lesbianism, feminism , and family
Literary movement
Feminism
Spouse
Alix Layman ​ ( died 2022 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Dorothy Earlene Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won several Lambda Literary Awards. In 2014, Allison was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Early life

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