Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison was born in 1949 to poverty in Greenville, South Carolina. She now lives in California with her partner and adopted child. Her well-known works include her first novel and national best-seller, Bastard Out of Carolina, the novel, Cavedweller, and a book of autobiographical performance pieces, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure.

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1949 - Greenville, South Carolina - California

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Allison joined the women's movement in the early 1970s and attributes the "militant feminists" who encouraged her for her decision to write.

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Themes in Allison's work include class struggle, child and sexual abuse, women, lesbianism, feminism, and family. She has won numerous awards, and her novel Bastard Out of California was a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award.

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Class struggle - Child - Sexual abuse - Lesbianism - Feminism

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Allison is also dedicated to small press publishing, safer sex, and is active in feminist and lesbian communities.

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Small press - Safer sex

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