Carolina Quotes
Understand me, I was born into the working poor, watching my mama pull off her waitress garb and make dinner out of pork scraps and pinto beans.
Dorothy Allison Carolinian
Source
Speech accepting the Publishing Triangle's Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement; Literary Hub, April 22, 2024
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- speech
- work
- Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement speech
- year
- 2024
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