Dorothy Allison Garden Party July 14, 2004

A reading and book signing with iced tea and fruit and cheese in the Meadow at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, SE 28th just north of Woodstock, at 7 PM. There are 150 chairs available, so please tell all your friends who would like to hear Dorothy read and support
Bradley-Angle House. Tickets to the reading are a suggested donation of $20 each (fully tax-deductible), and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. In Other Words Bookstore will provide books for sale.

You may call at 503-238-1672 or call In Other Words Bookstore at 503-232-6003 to reserve tickets. Please leave a credit card number and the
number of Reading tickets you would like. We'll
hold them for you at the entrance to the meadow. Or you may reserve on the phone and pay by check in the mail or at the meadow.

Here is some information about Ms. Allison compiled from websites I found:

"Dorothy Allison is an award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist. Her work is securely located on the borders of southern and working-class literature, with deep roots in feminist and lesbian-feminist activism and politics...She
has published five books, The first was a collection of short stories called TRASH came out in 1989. Her second book is a collection of poetry called THE WOMEN WHO HATE ME, poems 1980-1990 that came out in 1991. Dorothy Allison is
most famous for her novel BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA, which came out in 1992, and won the Lambda Award, and was nominated for the National Book Award. She followed that one up with her absolutley wonderful collection of essays called SKIN that was published by Firebrand Books in 1994 and here is her newest book, called TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE, which is a memoir
about fictional and real families coming to terms with each other and with their history."

"Proclaimed 'one of the finest writers of her generation' by the Boston Globe and 'simply stunning' by the New York Times Book Review, Dorothy Allison was born in Greenville, South Carolina and makes her home in Northern California. She lives with her partner Alix Layman, and her seven year old son, Wolf Michael.

In 1998, Allison founded The Independent Spirit Award, a prize given each year to an individual whose work with small presses and independent
bookstores has helped to sustain that enterprise. The award, administered by the Astraea Foundation, is designed to encourage the people and institutions which are so vital to supporting new writers and to introducing readers to works that might otherwise go unheard and unread.

Allison is a member of the board of PEN International. She also serves on the Advisory board of the National Coalition Against Censorship and Feminists for Free Expression, and the advisory board of the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award, a prize which is presented annually to a science fiction or fantasy work that explores and expands on contemporary ideas of gender."

The public is cordially invited to attend this intimate evening with Dorothy Allison to benefit Bradley-Angle House. Thanks for passing the word around to any lists or organizations you know that might have members interested in attending. Remember this is the beginning of our 30th Year. We have a lot to celebrate and a lot of new people engage in supporting our work. Here is a
very special opportunity.

Thanks so much for talking about the event and about Bradley-Angle House to people you know, Please don't hesitate to call me with any questions you may have.

Kristan Knapp
Development Director
503-238-1672