"Allison wrote about a queer, poor South with dynamism and ferocious love. Her books tangoed frankly with historically taboo subjects, like sexual abuse, and spotlit characters under-glimpsed on the shelves of hegemony."
"Sitting on the floor at editorial meetings talking about writing and manuscripts and how women might work toward a more just and equitable world, I looked around and felt my heart thudding between my breasts... I loved what we were trying to do even as we quibbled over line breaks in a poem or structure in an essay."
"Her books reflected her life... She had a difficult childhood marked by poverty and sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. With the help of scholarships, she earned bachelor's and master's degrees, and she became involved in the feminist and lesbian rights movements in the 1970s and '80s."
"In 1988 came a collection of her short stories, Trash, which was honored with two Lambda Literary Awards and the American Library Association's Award for Gay and Lesbian Writing. Allison exposes with poetic frankness the complexities of her experiences."
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