Writer DOROTHY ALLISON. Her most recent novel is called "Bastard Out of Carolina," about a poor South Carolina family's violence and incest, and it's largely autobiographical. She says that she doesn't like most abuse literature because it tends to eroticize abuse. Allison has also written a book of short stories called "Trash" and a book of poems called "The Women Who Hate Me." The idea for her novel came from a poem in "The Women Who Hate Me," called "To The Bone." ("Bastard" is published by Dutton.) REBROADCAST. (originally broadcast 9
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