Complex sentence: Dorothy Allison (born April 11,1949), is an American writer, speaker, and professor who was reared amid abject poverty in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of her 15-year-old, unwed mother.
Split into simpler sentences: Dorothy Allison (born April 11,1949), is an American writer, speaker, and professor. She was raised in poverty in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of her 15-year-old, unwed mother.