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Dorothy Allison | |
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.jpg) Allison at the 2011 Miami Book Fair | |
| Born | April 11, 1949 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | November 6, 2024 (aged 75) Guerneville, California, U.S. |
| Occupation |
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| Education | Florida Presbyterian College (BA) Florida State University The New School for Social Research (MA) |
| Subject | class struggle, child and sexual abuse, women, lesbianism, feminism, and family |
| Literary movement | Feminism |
| Spouse |
Alix Layman (died 2022) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| dorothyallison.com (archived) | |
Dorothy Earlene Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism.[1] She was a self-identified lesbian femme.[2] Allison 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.[3]
- ^ Jetter, Alexis (December 17, 1995). "The Roseanne of Literature". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- ^ Ed. Burke, Jennifer Clare (2009). Visible: A Femmethology Vol. 2. Homofactus Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-9785973-5-1.
- ^ "Dorothy Allison". The Fellowship of Southern Writers. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2020.