Dorothy Allison Quotes


It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.


Citations

Claxton, Mae Miller, ed. Conversations with Dorothy Allison. University Press of Mississippi, 2012.

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Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison
  • Born: April 11, 1949
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer, Poet, Novelist

Dorothy Allison is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing focuses on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison has won a number of awards for her writing, including several Lambda Literary Awards. In 2014, Allison was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers.