Dorothy Allison

Independent presses and bookstores give access to literature specific to a place. Readers can find stories they need.

Independent presses and bookstores give access to literature specific to a place. Readers can find stories they need.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat read more

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.

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But read more

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.

Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.

Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.