Trash: Short Stories

Trash: Short Stories by Dorothy Allison, was first published in 1988 by Firebrand Books, later by Penguin (1990) and Plume (2002). It won the 1989 Lambda Literary Award for "Best Lesbian Small Press Book" and the Lambda Literary Award "Best Lesbian Fiction".

Contents

• River of Names
• Meanest Woman Ever Left Tennessee
• Mama
• Gospel Song
• I'm Working On My Charm
• Steal Away
• Monkeybites
• Don't Tell Me You Don't Know
• Demon Lover
• Her Thighs
• Muscles of the Mind
• Violence Against Women Begins at Home
• A Lesbian Appetite
• Lupus

Rerelease

The re-release by Plume in 2002 contained a new short-story:

• Compassion