This article originally appeared in the March/April 2019 print edition of BUST Magazine. Notes From A Black Woman's Diary was released February 5, 2019. That loss will always feel like it came too soon.
Readers will marvel at Collins’ complexity and mourn her premature death at 46 from breast cancer. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Whatever Happened provocatively troubles the generic boundaries. Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary is a necessary addition to the literary canon because it expands the narrative of Black female experience at a time of racial tension. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Whatever Happened to Interracial Love: Stories at . A book I read this year is Kathleen Collins Whatever Happened to Interracial Love (2016). These selected works, affectionately edited by her daughter, Nina Lorez Collins, defy genres, putting Collins’ dedication to writing on full display as she moves effortlessly between subjects and styles.Įxamining race, gender, love, and motherhood, Collins’ diary entries are the most revealing selections, especially when she grapples with her past in ways that one could only do on a page not intended for others’ eyes.
Relatively unknown during her life, Kathleen Collins (1942-1988) is a writer whose work was first made available in 2016 with the posthumous publication of her short-story collection, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Her second book, Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary, is a timely follow-up for readers already acquainted with Collins, and a brilliant introduction for new readers.
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