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Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison was an American poet, novelist, writer, women's rights activist, essayist and anthropologist (1949–2024). She was born at Greenville and died at Guerneville.

Overview

Born at Greenville in 1949, died at Guerneville in 2024.

Formation and teaching

Dorothy Allison studied at Florida State University, Eckerd College and The New School for Social Research. Her recorded influences include Toni Morrison.

Career and activity

Dorothy Allison worked in poetry, class struggle, child abuse, sexual abuse and feminism.

She belonged to Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 4: Trash: Short Stories, Bastard Out of Carolina, Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature and Cavedweller.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Dorothy Allison, Writing Appalachia, 2020. Dorothy Allison: Revising the “White Trash” Narrative, Rough South, Rural South, 2016. Grotesque «queer» et savoirs abjects dans l’oeuvre de Dorothy Allison. “Great writing always sings”: Dorothy Allison Speaks, The Southern Quarterly, 2016.

In detail

Dorothy Allison studied at Florida State University, Eckerd College and The New School for Social Research. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is poetry, class struggle and child abuse. Toni Morrison is recorded as an influence.

Membership is recorded of Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Works named in the authority record are Trash: Short Stories, Bastard Out of Carolina, Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature and Cavedweller.

Distinctions recorded are Lambda Literary Award and Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction.

Chronology

  1. 1949Dorothy Allison born at Greenville.
  2. 2024Dorothy Allison died at Guerneville.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Dorothy Allison”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q275012: Dorothy Allison

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