Carolina Quotes
Story is a way out, a way past, a hand in the dark, a whisper of hope, the hope I have for all of us.
Dorothy Allison Carolinian
Source
Speech accepting the Publishing Triangle's Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement; Literary Hub, April 22, 2024
- form
- speech
- work
- Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement speech
- year
- 2024
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“Story is a way out, a way past, a hand in the dark, a whispe…” Dorothy Allison. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-8BA729B224. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/8ba729b224
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Story is how I understand life. My family’s struggles, the fear and shame inherent in living on the margins of what everyone sees as everyday life, has always seemed to me to be the great secret of our society.
I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.
In story—the ones we share and those we have not yet crafted—we live forever.