21. Printed Matter -- Dorothy Allison -- Page dorothy allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina, is the patron saint of battered women. She spoke at UC Davis in January to an enthusiastic crowd made http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~gizmo/1998/dorothy.html

Patron saint of battered women writes, forgives February 8, 1998 Elisabeth Sherwin gizmo@ dcn.davis.ca.us Dorothy Allison , author of "Bastard Out of Carolina," is the patron saint of battered women. She spoke at UC Davis in January to an enthusiastic crowd made up primarily of women and those supporting the creation of a new women's shelter in South Davis. Allison, the first of four women writers invited to Davis for this fund-raising series, speaks for victims of abuse. She grew up in an abusive, out-of-control home. "Someone should have taken us out of that house," said Allison about her mother and sisters. But in those early years, 1959-63, there were no women's shelters, no rape crisis centers. Families just endured or split apart. Allison's first novel, "Bastard" (1992), takes an intense look at how one family finally split apart. It's about incest, it's about women in the South, it's about how they cope with rough lives and rotten men. But the shocker comes at the end of the book when the mother has to choose between her daughters and her lover. She knows that her husband, the girls' stepfather, has raped her eldest daughter. Does she take the girls and flee? Does she file for divorce? No, she abandons her daughter and leaves with her husband. Her second novel, "Cavedweller," is due out this spring. In it, Allison continues exploring the motivations of women and wives and issues of forgiveness and redemption.

22. Dorothy Allison News - The New York Times News about dorothy allison. Commentary and archival information about dorothy allison from The New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/dorothy_allison/ind

@import url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/css/topic/screen/200704/topic.css); Get Home Delivery Log In Register Now Home Page ... Times Topics Saturday, January 26, 2008 Times Topics World U.S. N.Y. / Region ... A > Allison, Dorothy E-MAIL Save Dorothy Allison News about Dorothy Allison, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. ARTICLES ABOUT DOROTHY ALLISON Newest First Oldest First Page: The Power of Sisterhood in the Rural South By BRUCE WEBER "Cavedweller," a play about a family of women in Georgia, has many of the qualities, both pleasingly sweet and annoyingly saccharine, of movies like "Steel Magnolias." May 19, 2003 MORE ON DOROTHY ALLISON AND: THEATER GEORGIA RYAN, KATE MOIRA GREIF, MICHAEL ... Footlights: Through a Lens By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER Between 1987 and 1992, Afghan photographers and cameramen documented the end of Soviet domination and the gradual collapse of civil society that preceded the rise of the Taliban. March 19, 2002 MORE ON DOROTHY ALLISON AND: MUSIC RECORDINGS (VIDEO) RESTAURANTS BOOKS AND LITERATURE ... MILLER, ARTHUR

23. Book Passage - Dorothy Allison - Author Link Visit dorothy allison s website at www.dorothyallison.net. Cavedweller When Delia Byrd packs up her old Datsun and her daughter Cissy, and gets on the Santa http://www.bookpassage.com/content.php?id=220

24. Writers Series Presents Dorothy Allison - MIT News Office dorothy allison, whose bestselling first novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, was a 1992 National Book Award finalist, will present a reading and talk March 1 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/arts-allison.html

Skip to content massachusetts institute of technology news office advanced search ... archives services request images subscribe submit news promote news ... media inquiries about us news office info MIT background contact Writers Series presents Dorothy Allison February 28, 2006 Dorothy Allison, whose best-selling first novel, "Bastard Out of Carolina," was a 1992 National Book Award finalist, will present a reading and talk March 1 at 7 p.m. in Room 10-250. "Bastard" has appeared in translation in French, German, Greek, Spanish, Norse, Chinese and Italian. A movie version, directed by Angelica Huston, premiered on Showtime in 1996. Allison's 1998 novel, the critically acclaimed "Cavedweller," was a New York Times bestseller. "Cavedweller" won the 1998 Lambda Literary Award for fiction and was a finalist for the Lillian Smith Prize. It is currently being adapted for the stage by Kate Ryna. Allison also founded the Independent Spirit Award, a prize given each year to an individual whose work with small presses and independent bookstores has helped to sustain those enterprises. Allison has received numerous awards for her fiction, nonfiction, poems and essays, and stage and screen adaptations of her works have also won honors.

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26. Dorothy E Allison Biography dorothy allison was born in 1949, to a teenage unwed mother in South Carolina. This fact is central to allison s literary sensibility, which often takes up http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4095/Allison-Dorothy-E.html

Other Free Encyclopedias Brief Biographies Contemporary Novelists Vol 1 Dorothy E Allison Biography Find all books written by Dorothy E Allison on Amazon.com Nationality: American. Born: Greenville, South Carolina, 1949. Education: Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), B.A. 1971; New School for Social Research, M.A. Awards: Lambda Literary awards, 1989 and 1999. Agent: Frances Goldin, 305 East Eleventh Street, New York, New York 10003, U.S.A. P UBLICATIONS Novels Bastard out of Carolina. New York, Dutton, 1992. Cavedweller. New York, Dutton, 1998. Short Stories Trash. Ithaca, New York, Firebrand Books, 1988. Poetry The Women Who Hate Me. Brooklyn, New York, Long Haul Press, 1983. The Women Who Hate Me: Poetry 1980-1990. Ithaca, New York, Firebrand Books, 1991. Other Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature. Ithaca, New York, Firebrand Books, 1994. Two or Three Things I Know for Sure. New York, Dutton, 1995. Introduction, The Redneck Way of Knowledge: Down-Home Tales , byBlanche McCrary Boyd. New York, Vintage Books, 1995. Foreword

27. IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection Also See Our pages on these individual works by dorothy allison There are no general critical sites about dorothy allison presently in the collection; http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=all-831

28. Dorothy Allison Quotes - The Quotations Page Change, when it comes, cracks everything open. info add mail. dorothy allison, O Magazine, January 2004. Search for dorothy allison at Amazon. http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Dorothy_Allison/

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29. "Your Picks" : Dorothy Allison- Writing Excerpt | Vocalo This is an excerpt from writer dorothy allison s essay, Survival is the Least of My Desires from the collection, Skin. allison is noted for being among http://www.vocalo.org/node/272

@import "/sites/vocalo.org/themes/vocalo/style.css"; Vocalo Log in or Sign up Search What is this? Weekly Schedule ... Search "Your Picks" : Dorothy Allison- writing excerpt Submitted by bpulliam on Mon, 03/05/2007 - 11:08pm Tags poetry This is an excerpt from writer Dorothy Allison's essay, "Survival is the Least of My Desires" from the collection, "Skin."  Allison is noted for being among the greatest writers of her generation.  This excerpt deals with overcoming pain from her youth and finding strength to define herself on her own terms.  I can defintely relate to this, as I'm sure many of us can.  She also doles out a bit of advice to the reader on how to cultivate their own inner power. I was thrilled to discover this writer after my friend Maria reccommended her to me. Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature I have lived my life in pursuit of the remade world. .... I believe in truth. I believe in truth denied any use of it can believe in it. I know its power. I know the threat it represents to a world constructed on lies. The worst thing done to us in the name of a civilized society is to label the truth of our lives material outside the legitimate subject matter of serious writers. ....

30. OBRM -- Other & Beyond Real Men: Dorothy Allison And The Illusion Of Control I had the good fortune of hearing dorothy allison speak about seven hours ago at the annual fund raising dinner of On the Rise, a truly outstanding http://otherbeyondrealmen.blogspot.com/2007/09/dorothy-allison-and-illusion-of-c

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31. Dorothy Allison/Jim Grimsley First Mid-Career Winners - 5/16/2007 - Library Jour dorothy allison and Jim Grimsley are the inaugural winners of the Outstanding MidCareer Novelists Prize. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6442278.html

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32. Dorothy Allison, 74, 'Psychic Detective' Consulted By Police - New York Times dorothy allison, a selfproclaimed psychic with a knack for turning up at the scenes of notorious crimes, died on Dec. 1 at Clara Maass Medical Center in http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E0D61130F933A15751C1A96F95826

33. Dorothy Allison Filmography Synopsis Cavedweller is an adaptation of dorothy allison s novel of the same name. Anne Meredith, who also adapted allison s Bastard Out of Carolina, http://www.fandango.com/dorothyallison/filmography/p1105

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34. Dorothy Allison Quotes 8 quotes and quotations by dorothy allison. dorothy allison Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dorothy_allison.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Dorothy Allison Quotes Type: Writer Quotes Category: American Writer Quotes Date of Birth: April 11 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Dorothy Allison Related Authors: Mason Cooley H. L. Mencken Eric Hoffer Elbert Hubbard ... Jeff Long Change, when it comes, cracks everything open. Dorothy Allison Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. Dorothy Allison Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning. Dorothy Allison I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them. Dorothy Allison I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. Dorothy Allison One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt. Dorothy Allison Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

35. Author Snapshot Biography: Allison: An Author Snapshot Biography Of Southern Aut dorothy allison is a native of Greenville, South Carolina. She was born to a 15 year old Tags dorothy allison Bastard Carolina Cavedweller She Who http://americanfiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/author_snapshot_biography__allis

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36. Psychic Detective Cases: John Gacy: Dorothy Allison & The Investigation Of Seria Psychic mediums are sometimes called upon to help the police crack difficult criminal investigations. One such case involved the murderer known also as the http://psychic-abilities.suite101.com/article.cfm/psychic_detective_cases_john_g

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37. The Salon Interview - Dorothy Allison - Salon.com Mar 31, 1998 It s a tossup which quality dorothy allison has in greater measure strength or charm. She s needed plenty of both to fight her way out of http://dir.salon.com/story/books/int/1998/03/31/cov_si_31intb/

Search: Salon The Web Friday, Jan 25, 2008 Books Comics Community Life ... Log in The Salon Interview - Dorothy Allison By Laura Miller Pages 1 Share Digg it Del.icio.us My Yahoo ... RSS Font: S S+ S++ I Allison's long-awaited second novel, "Cavedweller," concerns Delia Byrd, a rock 'n' roll singer who abandons her career and returns with her third daughter to the small Georgia town where years earlier she had left two older children with the husband who nearly beat her to death. Allison spoke to Salon in the dining room of the bustling Victorian house in San Francisco where she lives with her lover, Alix, their young son, Wolf, and several extravagantly affectionate dogs and cats. Tell me about "Cavedweller," the glimmer that was the beginning of this book. I had Cissy in the cave. The notion was of somebody in such trouble that the only place she was going to feel safe was in this hole in the ground. And I had the notion of a woman who, in order to redeem herself, basically buries herself alive. And, of course, rock 'n' roll. I've been wanting to write a novel based on the story of Janis Joplin. Not a biography, but about that whole complex of working-class self-hatred and female masochism and self-destruction and great talent. Delia grew out of that. Cissy is someone most at home in total darkness, and it's not a coincidence that the two women who she goes down there with are lesbians, even though Cissy doesn't get that.

38. Heath Anthology Of American LiteratureDorothy Allison - Author Page Born in Greenville, South Carolina, to a fourteenyear-old mother, dorothy allison was raised near her large extended family. After her mother married, http://www.college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/contem

Site Orientation Heath Orientation Timeline Galleries Access Author Profile Pages by: Fifth Edition Table of Contents Fourth Edition Table of Contents Concise Edition Table of Contents Authors by Name ... Internet Research Guide Textbook Site for: The Heath Anthology of American Literature , Fifth Edition Paul Lauter, General Editor Dorothy Allison (b. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, to a fourteen-year-old mother, Dorothy Allison was raised near her large extended family. After her mother married, her aunts provided occasional refuge from an abusive stepfather. The violence and chaos of her upbringing, stemming largely from her family’s poverty, fuel Allison’s writing, as does the strength she saw in her relatives’ survival despite such hopeless conditions. Her chance to escape came when a National Merit Scholarship paid for her to attend Florida Presbyterian College. She later earned a master’s degree in anthropology from the New School for Social Research in New York. Allison became active in the women’s movement in the early seventies, working for several feminist publications and helping establish Herstore, a feminist bookstore in Tallahassee, Florida. She credits feminism for enabling her to become a writer. Although she had begun writing as a child, she viewed writing the truth as such a dangerous activity that she burned everything she wrote. But in 1973 friends in the lesbian-feminist collective where she was living convinced her to stop destroying her work.

39. PopMatters dorothy allison s saffroncolored hair frames her face. The full color is startling, It makes sense that dorothy allison is part of it. http://www.popmatters.com/books/interviews/allison-dorothy-060616.shtml

@import url( http://www.popmatters.com/stylesubpage.css ); Features Columns Blogs News ... Media Center Dorothy Allison, Photo by Jill Posener Lessening the Damage: Interview with Dorothy Allison [16 June 2006] "I started out as a feminist activist when I was about 18 or 19, marching as an anti-war activist and lesbian feminist. Here I am 55 years old, and I'm having to fight for exactly the same issues all over again, with an enemy, an implacable enemy, who keeps coming back at me as if we have not been fighting for 35 years to establish these rights." by Ellise Fuchs e-mail this article print this article comment on this article Dorothy Allison 's saffron-colored hair frames her face. The full color is startling, as if she's stepped out of her black and white book jacket photo, and you're Dorothy Gale opening her door onto Munchkinland. Allison has been bringing color and life to her Southern working class background with books ranging from the short story collection Trash to her best-selling novel, Bastard Out of Carolina and memoir One or Two Things I Know for Sure . Known for her honesty and an in-your-face writing style, she is also committed to teaching. First published in 1988

40. Poor Raging Girl: Dorothy Allison's _Bastard Out Of Carolina_ These are a few of the theoretical questions raised by dorothy allison in her book based on her childhood in Greenville, South Carolina. http://www.womenwriters.net/bookreviews/griffith2.htm

Article by Nicole Lariscy Griffith, Staff Writer Poor Raging Girl: Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina What makes a person white trash and what does it mean to be inscribed in this powerless class? Is the trashiness biological, a product of tainted blood, or is it strictly economic? What role does behavior play in this outcast whiteness? From the perspective of the southern poor white, what do other races and socioeconomic classes look like? Moreover, how can a young woman transcend this position of utter powerlessness? These are a few of the theoretical questions raised by Dorothy Allison in her book based on her childhood in Greenville, South Carolina. Not only were the Boatwrights poor but they drank, they were violent, and while all of the men were dangerously virile some were also sexually abusive. This behavior and their poverty earned the family the status of "poor white trash." Moreover, though the Boatwrights looked white, their blood was rumored to be colored by several races of Americans. Allison's autobiographical exposition is one which challenges race, economics, and class simultaneously. In the book, images of blackness are more beautiful than the dirty whiteness of the poor white family. And images of pure whiteness are utterly repellant. The hierarchy of racial beauty (and power) is thus upset. Allison renders American Indians and African Americans more beautiful than the disempowered and hated white trash community. Moreover, Allison paints socially accepted white people in the most grotesque light of all.

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