Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories

Now available in Eccoamp;#8217;s Art of the Story series: a never-before-published collection of stories from a brilliant yet little known African American artist and filmmakeramp;#8212;a contemporary of revered writers including Toni Cade Bambara, Laurie Colwin, Ann Beattie, Amy Hempel, and Grace Paleyamp;#8212;whose prescient work has recently resurfaced to wide acclaim.

Humorous, poignant, perceptive, and full of grace, Kathleen Collinsamp;#8217;s stories masterfully blend the quotidian and the profound in a personal, intimate way, exploring deep, far-reaching issuesamp;#8212;race, gender, family, and sexualityamp;#8212;that shape the ordinary moments in our lives.

In amp;#8220;The Uncle,amp;#8221; a young girl who idolizes her handsome uncle and his beautiful wife makes a haunting discovery about their lives. In amp;#8220;Only Once,amp;#8221; a woman reminisces about her charming daredevil of a lover and his ultimateamp;#8212;and finalamp;#8212;act of foolishness. Collinsamp;#8217;s work seamlessly integrates the African-American experience in her charactersamp;#8217; lives, creating rich, devastatingly familiar, full-bodied men, women, and children who transcend the symbolic, penetrating both the readeramp;#8217;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.