Dorothy Earlene Allison was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won several Lambda Literary Awards. In 2014, Allison was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
1 novel by Dorothy Allison mapped on Map A Story, each with an interactive map of the book's real-world locations — including history, what's there today, and visitable landmarks.