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About the Book

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories

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’ 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’ 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.

Audiobook available; performed by Nina Lorez Collins, Cherise Boothe, Adenrele Ojo, Paula J. Parker, Desean Terry and Dan Woren

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories
by Kathleen Collins

  • Publication Date: December 6, 2016
  • Genres: Fiction, Short Stories
  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Ecco
  • ISBN-10: 006248415X
  • ISBN-13: 9780062484154