Dorothy Allison has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 13 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is Bastard Out of Carolina.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Summary
A modern literary classic, now available in a 20th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author. The publication of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina was a landmark event. The novel's profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South won the author a National Book Award nomination and launched her into the literary spotlight. Critics have likened Allison to William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and Harper Lee, naming her the first writer of her generation to dramatize the lives and language of poor whites in the South. Since its appearance, the novel has inspired an award-winning film and has been banned from libraries and classrooms, championed by fans, and defended by critics. Greenville County, South Carolina, is a wild, lush place that is home to the Boatwright family - a tight-knit clan of rough-hewn, hard- drinking men who shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who get married young and age too quickly. At the heart of this story is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a bastard child who observes the world around her with a mercilessly keen perspective. When her stepfather, Daddy Glen, "cold as death, mean as a snake", becomes increasingly more vicious toward her, Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that tests the loyalty of her mother, Anney - and leads to a final, harrowing encounter from which there can be no turning back.
©1992 Dorothy Allison (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
My Favorite Lesbian Stories from Best American Erotica
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Some of the smartest erotic stories in the world just happen to be written by lesbians, women who changed the face of erotic lit. Susie Bright, founding editor of On Our Backs, Herotica, and the Best American Erotica series, presents a collection of lesbian sex lives that speak fearlessly, through every taboo, without any apologies. Writers like Dorothy Allison, Lisa Montanarelli, Greta Christina, and Peggy Munson name names, get as close to any woman as they dare, and relish every deep stroke of their erotic pens…. There’s no holding back between women with one thing on their minds. Includes: "Ellen, From Chicago" by Pat Williams, read by Pamella D'Pella "PG Diary" by Linda Hooper, read by Theo McKell "The Perfect Fit" by Katya Andreevna, read by Judith Smiley "Behind the Mask" by Serena Moloch, read by Gabrielle de Cuir "From Licking Our Wounds" by Elise D'Haene, read by Theo McKell "The Manicure" by Nell Carberry, read by Theo McKell "The Agent" by Jess Wells, read by Kathe Mazur "Casting Couch" by Serena Moloch, read by Theo McKell and Kathe Mazur "Penny Candy" by Andy Mathis, ready by Gabrielle de Cuir "Back Hand" by Ernie Cornick, read by Judith Smiley "The Babysitter" by Martha Miller, read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Hombrecito" by Miriam Gurba, read by Gabrielle de Cuir "What She Did with Her Hands" by Dorothy Allison, read by Candace Tate "Vegan Lesbian Boarding School Hookers in Bondage" by Lisa Montanarelli, read by Elenna Stauffer View From The Fourteenth Floor" by Greta Christina, read by Deleena Valdatti "Loved It and Set It Free" by Lisa Montanarelli, read by Lenore Zann "Fairgrounds" by Peggy Munson, read by Alyson Silverman "Paradise City" by Bianca James, read by Elenna Stauffer "Tennessee" by Patrice Suncircle, read by Pamella D'Pella "Story of O Birthday Party" by Susie Bright, read by Susie Bright
©2012 Susie Bright (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
Summary
Bastard Out of Carolina, nominated for the 1992 National Book Award for fiction, introduced Dorothy Allison as one of the most passionate and gifted writers of her generation. Now, in Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, she 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. 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. With luminous clarity, Allison explores how desire surprises and what power feels like to a young girl as she confronts abuse. As always, Dorothy Allison is provocative, confrontational, and brutally honest. Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, steeped in the hard-won wisdom of experience, expresses the strength of her unique vision with beauty and eloquence.
©1995 Dorothy Allison (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
Trash
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Trash, Allison's landmark collection, laid the groundwork for her critically acclaimed Bastard Out of Carolina, the National Book Award finalist that was hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "simply stunning...a wonderful work of fiction by a major talent". In addition to Allison's classic stories, this new edition of Trash features "Stubborn Girls and Mean Stories", an introduction in which Allison discusses the writing of Trash and "Compassion", a never-before-published short story. First published in 1988, the award-winning Trash showcases Allison at her most fearlessly honest and startlingly vivid. The limitless scope of human emotion and experience are depicted in stories that give aching and eloquent voice to the terrible wounds we inflict on those closest to us. These are tales of loss and redemption; of shame and forgiveness; of love and abuse; and the healing power of storytelling. A book that resonates with uncompromising candor and incandescence, Trash is sure to captivate Allison's legion of listeners and win her a devoted new following.
©1988, 2002 Dorothy Allison (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
Skin
Summary
A collection of critical essays from award-winning author Dorothy Allison about identity, gender politics, and queer theory, now with a new preface Lambda Award and American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award-winning author Dorothy Allison is known for her bold and insightful writing on issues of class and sexuality. In Skin, she approaches these topics through 23 impassioned essays that explore her identity - from her childhood in a poor family in South Carolina to her adult life as a lesbian in the suburbs of New York - and her sexuality. In “Gun Crazy”, Allison delves into what guns meant to the men and women around her when she was growing up. She gives insight into the importance of speaking professionally about sexuality in “Talking to Straight People” and articulates the danger women feel about revealing their personal desires, even within feminist communities, in “Public Silence, Private Terror”. Allison is fearless in her discussion of many social and political taboos. Compelling and raw, Skin is an honest and intimate work - perfect for Dorothy Allison fans and new listeners alike.
©1994 Dorothy Allison (P)2020 Audible, Inc.