Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1949 -

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Lambda Literary Award

Description

Multiple Lambda Literary Award winner. Member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Writing includes themes of class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. Notable books include 'Bastard Out of Carolina' (1992) and 'Cavedweller' (1998, Lambda Literary Award). LGBTQ activist.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.dorothyallison.net/
• http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/17/magazine/the-roseanne-of-literature.html?pagewanted=all
• http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/dorothy-allison/
• http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/apr/27/dorothy-allisons-life-informs-her-art/

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