![]() This abuse stems from the stress of Jack's unemployment. Jack, the step-father, abuses the narrator and her mother. ![]() Detailing the reasons for which she has decided to live, Allison reveals the underlying truth behind her stories and the reasons for which she writes fiction.Īllison's short stories address themes such as: strength, cycles of poverty, identity, aggression, mother/daughter relationships, survival.Īllison's short story "Mama" showcases the correlation between abuse and poverty and what one must to do keep alive. It showcases Allison's beginning as a writer, a time when she wrote as a way to escape the monotony of her job as a low-level government clerk. ![]() The 2002 re-release also included Deciding to Live: Preface to the First Edition, which details the transformation Allison goes through after a fight she has had with her lover, and her mother's reaction to her. The re-release by Plume in 2002 contained a new short-story: It won the 1989 Lambda Literary Award for "Best Lesbian Small Press Book" and the Lambda Literary Award "Best Lesbian Fiction". ![]() Trash: Short Stories is a short story collection by Dorothy Allison, was first published in 1988 by Firebrand Books, later by Penguin (1990) and Plume (2002). 1988 short story collection by Dorothy Allison ![]()
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