Trash: Short Stories
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Trash: Short Stories by Dorothy Allison
, was first published in 1988 by Firebrand Books
, later by Penguin
(1990) and Plume
(2002). It won the 1989 Lambda Literary Award
for "Best Lesbian Small Press Book" and the Lambda Literary Award "Best Lesbian Fiction".
Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.-Early life:Dorothy E. Allison was born on April 11, 1949 in Greenville, South Carolina to Ruth Gibson Allison, who was fifteen at the time. Ruth was a poor and unmarried mother who worked as a...
, was first published in 1988 by Firebrand Books
Firebrand Books
Firebrand Books, was established in the early 1980s by Nancy K. Bereano---a lesbian/feminist activist in Ithaca, NY. It is a feminist and lesbian publishing house and among the many which grew out of the Women's Press Movement. Other presses of that period include Naiad Books, Persephone and...
, later by Penguin
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
(1990) and Plume
Plume (publishing)
Plume is a publishing company in the United States, founded in 1970 as the trade paperback imprint of New American Library. Today it is a division of Penguin Group, with a backlist of approximately 700 titles....
(2002). It won the 1989 Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
for "Best Lesbian Small Press Book" and the Lambda Literary Award "Best Lesbian Fiction".
Contents
- River of Names
- Meanest Woman Ever Left Tennessee
- Mama
- Gospel Song
- I'm Working On My Charm
- Steal Away
- Monkeybites
- Don't Tell Me You Don't Know
- Demon Lover
- Her Thighs
- Muscles of the Mind
- Violence Against Women Begins at Home
- A Lesbian Appetite
- Lupus