Conversations with Dorothy Allison by Mae Miller Claxton

Spanning sixteen years, these interviews demonstrate the disciplined writing process of an expert writer, Rash's views of literature on a local and global scale, his profound respect for the craft of the written word, and his ongoing goal to connect with his readers. Since the publication of her groundbreaking novel, Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Dorothy Allison (b. Conversations with Dorothy Allison, edited by Mae Miller Claxton, UP of Mississippi, 2012, pp. The collection includes four interviews from outside the United States, two of which appear in English for the first time.

Though best known as an Appalachian writer, Rash's reach has grown to extend well beyond Appalachia and the American South, spreading to an international audience.Ĭonversations with Ron Rash collects twenty-two interviews with the award-winning author and provides a look into Rash's writing career from his first collection of short stories, The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth in 1994 through his 2015 novel, Above the Waterfall. Her additional honors include the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction. In the Grit Lit or Rough South genre, Rash maintains a prominent place as a skilled craftsman and triple threat, publishing four collections of poetry, six short story collections, and six novels. She is the subject of Conversations with Dorothy Allison (2012), by Mae Miller Claxton, and the short documentary film Two or Three Things but Nothing for Sure (1998), by filmmakers Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane Wagner. Rash draws upon his family's history in Appalachia, where most members have worked with their hands as farmers or millworkers. 1953) has gained attention as one of the South's finest writers. In the absence of a biography of Allison's life, Conversations with Dorothy Allison presents Allison's perspectives on her life, literature, and her conflicted role as a public figure.Since the publication of Serena in 2008 earned him a nomination for the PEN/Faulkner fiction prize, Ron Rash (b. In this collection, spanning almost two decades, Allison the performer and Allison the careful craftsperson both emerge, creating a portrait of a complex woman. At the same time, Allison also takes the craft of writing very seriously. Often called a 'writer-rock star' and a 'cult icon,' Allison is a true performer of the written word. Allison has frequently used her position, through passionate lectures and enthusiastic interviews, to give voice to issues dear to her: poverty, working-class life, domestic violence, feminism and women's relationships, the contemporary South, and gay/lesbian life.

1949) has been known-as with Larry Brown and Lee Smith-as a purveyor of the working-class, contemporary South. Since the publication of her groundbreaking novel, Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison (b.

Conversations with Dorothy Allison by Mae Miller Claxton