Conversations with Dorothy Allison / edited by Mae Miller Claxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allison, Dorothy, 1949-2024.

Contributor:

Claxton, Mae Miller.

Series:

Literary conversations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allison, Dorothy, 1949-2024--Interviews.

Allison, Dorothy.

Allison, Dorothy, 1949-2024.

Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.

Authors, American.

Working poor.

Adult child sexual abuse victims.

Lesbians.

Feminists.

Southern States.

United States.

Feminists--United States--Interviews.

Lesbians--United States--Interviews.

Adult child sexual abuse victims--Interviews.

Lesbianism.

Feminism.

Working poor--Southern States.

Fiction--Authorship.

Fiction.

Autobiography in literature.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xix, 179 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Jackson] : University Press of Mississippi, [2012]

Summary:

"The deepest way to change people is to get them to inhabit the soul of another human being who is different from them. And that happens in story. That happens in literature."

Since the publication of her groundbreaking novel, Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Dorothy Allison (b. 1949) has been known-along with authors such as Larry Brown and Lee Smith-as a purveyor of the working class, contemporary South. Allison has frequently used her position, through passionate lecturers and enthusiastic interviews, to give voice to issues that concern her most: poverty, working-class life, domestic violence, feminism and women's relationships, the contemporary South, and gay/lesbian life. Often called a "writer-rock star" and a "cult icon," Allison is a true performer of the written word.

At the same time, Allison takes the craft of writing very seriously. In this collection, spanning almost two decades, Allison the performer and Allison the careful craftsperson both emerge, creating a portrait of a complex woman.

In the absence of a biography of Allison's life, Conversations with Dorothy Allison presents Allison's perspectives on her life, literature, and her conflicted role as a public figure. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Chronology

Moving toward truth : an interview with Dorothy Allison / Carolyn E. Megan, 1993

Dorothy Allison, crossover blues / Blanche McCrary Boyd, 1993

Literary heroine : talking with Dorothy Allison / Owen Keehnen, 1994

Dorothy Allison / Minnie Bruce Pratt, 1995

An interview with Dorothy Allison / Susanne Dietzel, 1995

"We're as American as you can get" : Dorothy Allison / Michael Rowe, 1995

The Roseanne of literature / Alexis Jetter, 1995

Dorothy Allison : a family redeemed / Susan Salter Reynolds, 1998

Dorothy Allison / Laura Miller, 1998

An open book / David L. Ulin, 1998

Dorothy Allison / Renée Klorman, 1998

Dorothy Allison / Robert Birnbaum, 2002

Writer out of Carolina : Dorothy Allison / David A. Fryxell, 2003

Marina Lewis talks with Dorothy Allison / Marina Lewis, 2006

Lessening the damage : interview with Dorothy Allison / Ellise Fuchs, 2006

An interview with Dorothy Allison / Jordan Hartt, 2007

Interview with a master : Dorothy Allison / Kendra Tuthill, 2009

Interview with Dorothy Allison / Rob Neufeld, 2009.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781617032868

1617032867

9781617032875

1617032875

OCLC:

748674614