Trash: "Some of these stories are easily ascribed to rage."
I am a relatively avid reader of Southern fiction. I myself am not technically a southern lady though, since Oklahoma is neither considered to be Yankee territory nor part of Dixie (Thank the powers that be for that), but there is a certain type of Southern writing that I definitely identify with: the kind with red dirt, drunken violence, and gray morality (These things scream home to me). For an author that delivers this type of fiction, you can't go wrong with Dorothy Allison. Trash is the second of Allison's books I've read and it was riveting. When I bought it I didn't realize it was a collection of short stories, and was disappointed when I picked it up to read and made the discovery. But, after reading the introduction I didn't care. I was sucked in by her direct style of storytelling and couldn't wait to read whatever she had waiting for me. Allison says that her work is fiction, based on her...
