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The Women Who Hate Me: Poetry 1980-1990

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Dorothy Allison what can you say, I don't know, I bought for my wife. She likes this sfuff I can't say I care for it much from what she has forced me to listen to. While I might add I was listening to Sanders Bohlke.

Terrific writing very accessible to the reader whose first or second choice in reading is not poetry. A wide range of emotions and subjects I thought several of the poems were lovely.

I bought this book because the author's books `Skin' and `Trash' are spotlighted in the anthologies `Courting Pleasure' and `Lovers: love and sex stories' by Tee A. Corinne. I enjoyed them both tremendously and sought out this book.

The 1983 edition is Illustrated by Laurie McLaughlin.

From the publisher's website - Razor sharp, angry, and full of passion, Dorothy Allison stands her ground and refuses to leave any of the hard stuff behind. Whether writing about her dirt-poor Southern childhood, its brutalities and its love, or her lesbian lust--her outlaw sexuality--her poetry is cheeky, touching, and on target as she speaks the truth to the women she loves.

this book of poetry by southern writer dorothy allison is an amazing and personal narative of her life growing up poor and southern. it spans her childhood through her experineces as a lesbian feminist and as a femme lover of butch dykes. the imagery is rich, the stories heartfelt. this is a very accessable book of poetry with beautiful moments that everyone can relate to. buy this book.