Dorothy Allison was born in Greenville, SC, and went on to be one of the most influential Southern queer writers. Columbia's ...

Adriana Allegri's debut novel 'The Sunflower House' was inspired by the SS-run Lebensborn program in 1930s and '40s Germany.

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Allison, who died Nov. 6, based her critically acclaimed novel on her own experience of being physically and sexually abused by her stepfather. Originally broadcast in 1992.