There have been many authors who have written down their life story in a book, but one particular author that comes to mind, is Dorothy Allison. Dorothy was worn in Greenville, South Carolina on the year of 1949 to an unwed mother. In fact, her mother not only was unwed, but she was a "baby&q...

In the story of "Bastard Out of Carolina", Dorothy Allison gives a semi-autobiographical depiction of her childhood life. Allison portrays a dirt poor southern childhood in a family that is notorious for it's violent, hard-drinking men and women that are prone to trouble which is int...

A Measure of True Art In Dorothy Allison's essay "This is our World", she judges true art in comparison to similar works. She writes, "art should surprise and astonish, and hopefully make you think something you had not thought until you saw it." I agree with her statement comp...