![]() ![]() Now essays may contain story in somewhat abbreviated and limited form but the stories referenced in an essay are in the service of the argument. ![]() One is an argument or an exploration of an idea while the other is story. Do you see your nonfiction serving different purposes or having a different kind of power than fiction?Įssays and fiction are completely different. ![]() You primarily write fiction, but you have also published two books of nonfiction. We spoke with Allison at the Tennessee Williams Literary and Theatre Festival in New Orleans where she talked about class, gender equality, and the importance of taking risks. Her individual stories have been included in both The Best American Short Stories and The Best of the South. She has written two books of creative nonfiction, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, and a collection of essays, Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature. Dorothy Allison is the award-winning author of Trash, a collection of short stories, and two novels, Bastard Out of Carolina and Cavedweller, both of which have been adapted for stage and screen. ![]()
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