Date:  Thu, 10 Apr 1997 11:03:31 -0600
From:  Miriam Meyers <MMEYERS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: poor whites

I agree with Ellen Johnson that reading Dorothy Allison's novel "Bastard
out of Carolina" is instructive. So is her novel "Trash," even more raw
than "Bastard." She's an extremely powerful writer about poor Southern
whites.