Charlotte Writers’ Club North will welcome the award-winning novelist Dorothy Allison as its guest speaker on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m., at The Sanctuary of Davidson, 108 S. Main St., next to the Village Store.
Ms. Allison is the 2009 McGee Professor and a writer in residence at Davidson College. She describes herself as a feminist, a working-class story teller, a Southern expatriate, a sometime poet and a happily born-again Californian.
Ms. Allison’s chapbook of poetry, “The Women Who Hate Me,” was published by Long Haul Press in 1983. Her award-winning short-story collection, “Trash,” was published in 1988. Allison received mainstream recognition with her novel “Bastard Out of Carolina,” which was a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. The novel became a best seller and an award-winning movie. It received the Ferro Grumley prize, an ALA Award for Lesbian and Gay Writing, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Her best-seller “Cavedweller” (1998) was a New York Times notable book of the year, a finalist for the Lillian Smith prize, and an ALA prize winner. Adapted for the stage by Kate Moira Ryan, the play was directed by Michael Greif, and featured music by Hedwig composer Stephen Trask. In 2003, Lisa Cholendenko directed a movie version featuring Kyra Sedgwick.
She has a forthcoming novel, “She Who.”
Charlotte Writers’ Club North will meet at 7:00 on Tuesday, November 10th at The Sanctuary of Davidson, 108 Main Street in Davidson. Visitors are welcome. For more information, please visit our website at www.charlottewritersclub.org.
LITERARY EVENTS CALENDAR
TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 2:30 p.m., Davidson College Duke Family Performance Hall – Author and journalist Thomas Friedman lectures on “Hot, Flat and Crowded: An Update.” He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times and author of “The World is Flat.” Free, but tickets required. Details in our Oct. 13 news item.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 10 a.m., The Pines at Davidson, 400 Avinger Lane – Book discussion with author Tony Abbott, a retired full professor from Davidson College and author of critical studies, novels, and poetry. He will be returning to DavidsonReads to lead the second book discussion of “The Color of Water.” More about DavidsonReads and upcoming programs in our Sept. 3 season preview, “Are you reading yet? DavidsonReads sets schedule.”
TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 7 p.m., Sanctuary of Davidson gallery, 108 S. Main St. – Charlotte Writers Club North presents Dorothy Allison, best-selling author of “Cavedweller” and “Bastard out of Carolina” and currently McGee Professor of Writing at Davidson College. Free. www.charlottewritersclub.org
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, DEC. 3-4, 6-8 p.m., Main Street Book, 126 S. Main St. – Writers from Charlotte Writers’ Club North will be signing copies of their books during Christmas in Davidson. Free. www.charlottewritersclub.org
THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 8 p.m., Davidson College Duke Family Performance Hall – Annual Conarroe Lecture, by Margaret Atwood, the Booker Prize-winning author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Blind Assassin.” The lecture will be free, but tickets will be required. Details to come.
