"Believing in Literature," by Dorothy Allison

Rogan: In Skin, Dorothy Allison has a number of essays about her belief in the power of fiction, story, and writing. She taught writing, and in "Believing in Literature," some of this really got us thinking! For instance, she talks about how, in her classes, she would encourage her students to pick out stories they considered unequivocally "good" or "bad," and towards the end of the class to bring in the BEST and the WORST story they'd ever read:
( But what is good? What is bad or harmful? Who decides? )