Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
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Average rating3.5
For Read Harder Challenge category “A book published posthumously.” These short stories were written in the 1960s, but the language and characters and issues feel so contemporary. Great writing is like that, I suppose. I listened to the audio version, which was very well done.
Finally picked this book back up after reading snippets and stories here and there. I enjoyed how current and modern-feeling this book was, despite being written decades ago. Not my favorite collection of stories but worth picking up nonetheless.
Fantastic commentary, feels as applicable in 2022 as it was in the 60s when these were written. So glad I picked this up - Collins' stories were vibrant, many-layered, and offered such interesting snapshots into the lives of her characters. I highly recommend this collection.
I am just blown away by this collection. It is as if a window opened up in New York in the early 80s and I got to climb up and sit on the sill. These stories are so real. They feel real, they sound real, and they read like real life. Real life is messy and beautiful and brilliant and that is also how I would describe Collins' writing. I loved some of the stories, some were okay, and some just ...were. That's okay, because the ones I loved were worth the price of the collection.
For my own records, here are my faves:
How Does One Say?
the title story
Stepping Back
Broken Spirit
Lifelines
Dead Memories...Dead Dreams (I think this one would have been a powerful novel)