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Dorothy Allison
American
Writer
About the author
Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#Race
#Class
#Sexuality
#Gender
Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#World
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#Truth
#Lies
#Fiction
#Meaning
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#Right
#Love
#People
#Will
#Responsibility
#Students
I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#Women
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#Class
#Contempt
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#Books
#Horror
#Growing up
#Sister
#Romance
Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.
Dorothy Allison,
American
Writer
#Open
#Change