Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
Publisher
Ecco
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9780062484154
Pages
175 pages
Genre
realism
Format
anthology
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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 acclaim. Humorous, 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.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Legal guardianship; Single parent; Adoption; Interracial; Multicultural; Gay/Lesbian; Bisexuality; grandparents raising grandchildren; single mother; single father; adopted children; two races; multiple cultures; lesbian; bisexual child
Main Character
adult females
Race/Ethnicities
Black (African American) / White
Family Formation
multiple
LGBTQ+
lesbian female
Keywords
love; art; equality; sex; love letters; documentary; societal issues
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Collins, Kathleen, "Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?" (2016). Diverse Families. 816.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/816