Allison, Dorothy

Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison ( Book )
47 editions published between 1992 and 2005 in 10 languages and held by 2,941 libraries worldwide
Bone, an illegitimate child in a family of social outcasts, sees her mother's happiness with her new husband and will not tell when the stepfather begins abusing her in the 1950s.

Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison ( Book )
33 editions published between 1998 and 2001 in 4 languages and held by 2,433 libraries worldwide
A Georgia woman who abandoned her family to become a singer in California, returns 10 years later. It happens after Delia Byrd's new man dies in an accident, leaving her with a child. The novel describes the family's adjustment, including that of her teen daughters. By the author of Bastard Out of Carolina.

Two or three things I know for sure by Dorothy Allison ( Book )
23 editions published between 1995 and 2002 in English and German and held by 1,213 libraries worldwide
In Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, Dorothy Allison takes a probing look at her family's history to give us a lyrical, complex memoir that explores how the gossip of one generation can become legends for the next. Illustrated with photographs from the author's personal collection, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure tells the story of the Gibson women - sisters, cousins, daughters, and aunts - and the men who loved them, often abused them, and, nonetheless, shared their destinies.

Skin : talking about sex, class & literature by Dorothy Allison ( Book )
11 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 692 libraries worldwide
A collection of essays, autobiographical narratives, and performance pieces.

Trash by Dorothy Allison ( Book )
5 editions published between 1988 and 2006 in English and Italian and held by 476 libraries worldwide
Preface: Deciding to live -- River of names -- "The meanest woman ever left Tennessee" -- Mama -- Gospel song -- I'm working on my charm -- Steal away -- Monkeybites -- Don't tell me you don't know -- Demon lover -- Her thighs -- The muscle of the mind -- Violence against women begins at home -- A lesbian appetite.

After Stonewall from the riots to the millennium ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 336 libraries worldwide
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun. Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. Captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement.

IdaApplebroog : nothing personal, paintings 1987-1997 by Ida Applebroog ( Book )
3 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 267 libraries worldwide

Trash : stories by Dorothy Allison ( Book )
7 editions published between 1988 and 2002 in English and held by 251 libraries worldwide
The limitless scope of human emotion and experience are depicted in these stories, which give an eloquent voice to the terrible wounds we inflict on those closest to us.

Sandra Cisneros ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1997 and 1999 in English and held by 243 libraries worldwide
Sandra Cisneros reads her story "Eleven" and other works and is interviewed by Dorothy Allison on Oct. 8, 1996.

The women who hate me : poetry, 1980-1990 by Dorothy Allison ( Book )
2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 223 libraries worldwide