Dorothy Allison
Poet, academic, and feminist/lesbian author of nonfiction and fiction

Dorothy Allison's News & Events

Published Reviews

Jul.05.1992

Published by The New York Times

George Garrett, author and critic who reviewed Bastard Out of Carolina for The New York Times Book Review wanted to “blow a bugle to alert the reading public that a major new...

Past Events

A Literary Evening with Award-Winning Authors Dorothy Allison and Karen Joy Fowler

Start: 01 Dec 2012 - 5:00 pm
End: 01 Dec 2012 - 8:00 pm
San Francisco, California

At Writers With Drinks

Start: 08 Aug 2009 - 7:30 pm
End: 08 Aug 2009 - 9:30 pm
San Francisco, Calfiornia

Testimonies, Chisme, Spilling the Tea: An Evening of Poetry at the 2009 Queer Arts Festival

08 Jun 2009 - 7:30 pm
San Francisco, California

About Dorothy

Dorothy Allison grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of a fifteen-year-old unwed mother who worked as a waitress. Now living in Northern California with her partner Alix and her teenage son, Wolf Michael, she describes herself as a feminist...

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Causes Dorothy Allison Supports

Lesbian Health Center