Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?

Posted on 14 December 2017 by Kathleen Collins

Now available in Ecco s Art of the Story series a never before published collection of stories from a brilliant yet little known African American artist and filmmaker a contemporary of revered writers including Toni Cade Bambara, Laurie Colwin, Ann Beattie, Amy Hempel, and Grace Paley whose prescient work has recently resurfaced to wide acclaimHumorous, poignant, perceptive, and full of grace, Kathleen Collins s stories masterfully blend the quotidian and the profound in a personal, intimate way, exploring deep, far reaching issues race, gender, family, and sexuality that shape the ordinary moments in our lives.In The Uncle, a young girl who idolizes her handsome uncle and his beautiful wife makes a haunting discovery about their lives In Only Once, a woman reminisces about her charming daredevil of a lover and his ultimate and final act of foolishness Collins s work seamlessly integrates the African American experience in her characters lives, creating rich, devastatingly familiar, full bodied men, women, and children who transcend the symbolic, penetrating both the reader s head and heart.Both contemporary and timeless, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love is a major addition to the literary canon, and is sure to earn Kathleen Collins the widespread recognition she is long overdue. Free Read [ Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? ] Author [ Kathleen Collins ] – kino-fada.fr Elegant collection of stories Fascinating to read fiction from a black woman about blackness in the early 1960s There is a real edge, a slyness to many of the stories And there is always a moment in each sto...Kathleen Collins sadly died at the age of 46, never seeing her own work published In fact, it went unpublished for close to 30 years after her death, and this collection was only recently released, bringing together stories from her archives Her daughter sifted through her works and put together an anthology of stories looking at black lives,...4.34 sophisticated, groovy, urban, remarkable stars This collection of short stories blew my socks off Kathleen Collins was a black playwright, film maker and activist She died much too young at the age of 46 from breast cancer.This is her only collection of prose and was published posthumously in 2016 Do yourself a favor and pick a copy up Many of my gal pals will be getting this for their birthdaythat s for sure Dudes this book is for you too Ms Collins writes about black acad 4.34 sophisticated, groovy, urban, remarkable stars This collection of short stories blew my socks off Kathleen Collins was a black playwright, film maker and activist She died much too young at the age of 46 from breast cancer.This is her onl...Just finished this A pretty damn appropriate book to be reading right now An incredible collection of short stories from the 1960 s that feel current and poignant They all also have several ways in which they could be read and each has a little twist to surprise you Incredible Do read.I don t really know what I expected when I started reading this book My only connection to the author was that I had seen the movie Losing Ground which I found quirky and odd I thought the title of the book was interesting though a bit misleading in terms of actual content and theme What I didn t expect was a to find a book written for a cerebral black woman Let me tell you, it s a bit like sighting a unicorn I was taken aback by its meaningfulness and relevance to me personally H I don t really know what I expected when I started reading this book My only connection to the author was that I had seen the movie Losing Ground which I found quirky and odd I thought the title of the book was interesting though a bit misleading in terms of actual content and theme What I didn t expect was a to find a book written for a cerebral black woman Let me tell you, it s a bit like sighting a unicorn I was taken aback by its meaningfulness and relevance to me personally Here are other points of view that don t necessarily revolve around unfaithful abusive men, a woman who makes tremendous self sacrifice for a man her children her parents, a woman who despite overwhelming odds overcomes insurmountable obstacles but is really ...Ms Collins skewers race, sex, sexism, dreams, dead or alive, academia, and capturing one s truth permeate this lovely short story collection Favorites The Uncle Beyond every smile lives pain5 5How Does One Say Short Sensual French 5 5Whatever Happened to Interracial Love Various interracial couples find idealism rarely meshes with reality inside the melting pot 5 5Documentary StyleMisogynoir wrapped in one s desire to succeed as a black man.The rest of the stories range from 3 t Ms Collins skewers race, sex, sexism, dreams, dead or alive, academia, and capturing one s truth permeate this lovely short story collection Favorites The Uncle Beyond every smile lives pain5 5How Does One Say Short Sensual French 5 5Whatever Happened to Interracial Love Various int...I am not very good at reading short stories I personally like reading long stories.But I really enjoyed these stories They show what happens behind closed doors.They show you need courage to LiveThey show you need courage to loveThey show you need courage to stand up for what you believe...THE VIBE OF 1960S ONE WOMAN S TIME CAPSULEBY JUDGE ABBI JACOBSONAt this point in time, I m finding myself frustrated, concerned, lost and confused at the world around me It seems like we re all searching for answers and solutions and trying to find voices that ease our pain and make us feel less alone, even as we take extra care to be open to different points of view.Whatever Happened to Interracial Love felt like I dug up a secret time capsule from the 1960s and o...There is a rebellious undertone in Collins work threading itself through each story From the daughter who commits the unforgivable sin of Negro girlhood by cutting her hair and therefore turning herself into any other Negro, to the man who takes his own life, to the black middle class girl from New Jersey agrees to marry her white lover in 1963 as they both naively confront the south and racial segregation, Collins presents unconventional resolutions that are not tidy, but instead a fo There is a rebellious undertone in Collins work threading itself through each story From the daughter who commits the unforgivable sin of Negro girlhood by cutting her hair and therefore turning herself into any other Negro, to the man who takes his own life, to the black middle class girl from New Jersey agrees to marry her white lover in 1963 as they both naively confront the south and racial segregation, Collins pr...I loved it The stories were written in the 70s and 80s but feel fresh, delicate, light footed The stories tell the emotional truth but they tell it slant Collins background as a filmmaker is evident stories are told in monologues and sketches of a director setting up a scene The stories are cinematic the emotions are deep but its essence distilled into a character or a moment It s like a camera utilising time jumps and moving through space, fluidly going back and forth between time, the I loved it The stories were written in the 70s and 80s but feel fresh, delicate, light footed The stories tell the emotional truth but they tell it slant Collins background as a filmmaker is evident stories are told in monologues and sketches of a director setting up a scene The stories are cinematic the emotions are deep but its essence distilled into a character or a moment It s like a came...

14 December 2017

Kathleen Collins