Dorothy Alison's “Bastard Out of Carolina” stands apart from the "poornography" genre—stories about poverty written by outsiders, according to University of Chicago English professor Leonard Davis.

Allison, who passed away on November 5, drew deeply from her own impoverished childhood to create a raw, authentic world that never lost its gritty roots.
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I missed this, but the great Dorothy Allison has died. BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA is a must read..

Never got the chance to interview her, but I once had a spirited debate with her about Mark Twain at a book festival in my twenties and I greatly appreciated how she did not back down and, after we vociferously disagreed, she told me that she liked my guts. And I said that the feeling was mutual.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/books/dorothy-allison-dead.html

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So sad to hear about the death of Dorothy Allison. Her writing had a big impact on my younger self, especially the collection of essays, Skin: Talking about Sex, Class and Literature

If you'd like an entry into Allison's work, I'd probably go for the memoir, 'Two or Three Things I Know for Sure', or the short story collection, 'Trash'.

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