Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American lesbian writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. She was raised in Greenville, South Carolina. She was legally blind in her right eye.

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"I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about."

- Dorothy Allison

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"I want to write a great book — I want to make a difference — I want to have adventures and take enormous risks and be everything they say we are and not give a damn what anyone says."

- Dorothy Allison

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