Author Dorothy Allison Will Give Reading Oct. 30

Acclaimed author Dorothy Allison will give a reading of her new work on Friday, Oct. 30, in the Carnegie Room of Hege Library. Seating will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the reading beginning at 6 p.m.

Allison received national recognition with her novel Bastard Out of Carolina, a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. The novel won the Ferro Grumley prize, an ALA Award for Lesbian and Gay Writing, and became a best seller and an award-winning movie. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

She is also the author of the best-selling novel Cavedweller (1998), named a NY Times Notable book of the year, and the short-story collection Trash, originally published in 1983 and expanded in 2003. Allison received the 2007 Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction.

A native of Greenville, S.C., Allison lives in Northern California with her partner and son. During fall 2009, she is the McGee Professor and writer-in-residence at Davidson College.

The reading is free and open to the public. For more information, call 336-316-2068.

Oct. 19, 2009