PORT TOWNSEND — Dorothy Allison, the famed author and feminist, will give a reading at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., this Saturday.
Admission is free, though a $3 to $5 donation is suggested.
Allison emerged on the literary scene with her novel Bastard Out of Carolina, a story of surviving abuse. Since then her works have included Two or Three Things I Know for Sure from 1995, Cavedweller from 1998 and 2002’s Trash: Short Stories, her semiautobiographical collection.
Forthcoming is She Who, a novel that follows three female protagonists in California, all of whose lives have been shaped by violence.
“We need writers to tell the stories that nobody else will,” Allison has said.
“Only by challenging ourselves to tell those stories will we ever be able to advance past the challenges that spawned them.”
Allison’s reading is sponsored by the Writers Workshoppe of downtown Port Townsend.
For information, phone 360-379-2617 or visit www.writersworkshoppe.com.
