Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?

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)