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A review by sbrietzke
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins
5.0
This book of previously undiscovered essays completely enchanted me. I am thrilled to have been introduced to Kathleen Collins through Book of the Month Club.
A theme threading throughout the collection is particularly poignant when read through a modern lens: the psychology of 'otherness'. Passionate relationships turned cold when dissimilarities in looks and background creep to the forefront. An individual hyperaware that they do not 'belong' in the environment in which they are thrust. Collins wrote these essays during the Civil Rights Movement, but the feelings of alienation and loneliness she explores could not be more relevant today. I look forward to revisiting this work over and over again.
A theme threading throughout the collection is particularly poignant when read through a modern lens: the psychology of 'otherness'. Passionate relationships turned cold when dissimilarities in looks and background creep to the forefront. An individual hyperaware that they do not 'belong' in the environment in which they are thrust. Collins wrote these essays during the Civil Rights Movement, but the feelings of alienation and loneliness she explores could not be more relevant today. I look forward to revisiting this work over and over again.