Kathleen Collins

Exuberant, poignant, perceptive, and full of grace, these sixteen stories by Kathleen Collins explore deep, far-reaching issues — relating to race, gender, family, and sexuality — that shape the ordinary moments in our lives. Collins's work masterfully blends the quotidian and the profound in a personal, intimate way, seamlessly integrating the African American experience into her characters' lives and creating rich and devastatingly familiar characters who transcend symbolism.In "The Uncle," a young girl who idolizes her handsome uncle and his beautiful wife makes a haunting discovery about their lives. In "Only Once," a woman reminisces about her charming daredevil of a lover and his ultimate — and final — act of foolishness. And in the title story, a recent college graduate realizes the limits of the civil rights movement — and the personal and romantic consequences it holds for her.Both contemporary and timeless, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? is a major and long-overdue addition to our literary canon.

A stunning collection of fiction, diary entries, screenplays, and scripts by the brilliant African-American artist and filmmakerRelatively unknown during her life, the artist, filmmaker, and writer Kathleen Collins emerged on the literary scene in 2016 with the posthumous publication of the short story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Said Zadie Smith, “To be this good and yet to be ignored is shameful, but her rediscovery is a great piece of luck for us.”That rediscovery continues in Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary, which spans genres to reveal the breadth and depth of the late author’s talent. The compilation is anchored by more of Collins’s short stories, which, striking and powerful in their brevity, reveal the ways in which relationships are both formed and come undone. Also collected here is the work Collins wrote for the screen and stage: the screenplay of her film Losing Ground, in which a professor discovers that the student film she’s agreed to act in has uncomfortable parallels to her own life; and the script for The Brothers, a play about the potent effects of sexism and racism on a midcentury middle-class black family. And finally, it is in Collins’s raw and prescient diaries that her nascent ideas about race, gender, marriage, and motherhood first play out on the page.Kathleen Collins’s writing brings to life vibrant characters whose quotidian concerns powerfully illuminate the particular joys, challenges, and heartbreaks rendered by the African-American experience. By turns empowering, exuberant, sexy, and poignant, Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary is a brilliant compendium of an inimitable talent, and a rich portrait of a writer hard at work.

In der hitzigen Atmosphäre der Bürgerrechtsbewegung ziehen Studenten und Aktivisten durch New York. Schwarze und Weiße, die glauben, dass eine bessere Zukunft möglich ist, wenn man nur bereit ist, sich dafür einzusetzen. Junge schwarze Frauen reisen in den Süden, um gegen die Segregation zu kämpfen, für Gleichheit und Emanzipation. Sie lassen ihre Haare wachsen und entdecken neue Freiheiten, ihren Vätern gegenüber und ihren Liebhabern. So vieles scheint möglich in diesem Sommer. Alle träumen sie von einer Welt, in der das Leben nicht entweder schwarz oder weiß ist. Und die Liebe? Kennt sie wirklich keine Farben? Kann sie der Wirklichkeit standhalten?

Dans une société américaine à peine affranchie de ses lois racistes, les Afro-Américains, en exerçant leurs droits civiques, peuvent enfin accéder à leur vie. Cette nouvelle liberté suscite une exaltation et un bouillonnement racontés par Kathleen Collins à travers les relations amoureuses et filiales d’une femme noire, installée à New York.Mais être soi, c’est inévitablement faire l’expérience de la différence, d’une autre vie, et parfois d’une autre couleur de peau. C’est s’exposer à des réactions infimes, démesurées et ressentir le poids de l’Histoire qui pèse silencieusement sur chaque existence. Kathleen Collins plonge le lecteur dans ces interactions, éminemment politiques et intimes.Malicieux et pétillants, sincères et vivants, ces écrits livrent une critique du discours blanc dominant tout en dénonçant les idéologies afrocentristes. Le féminisme universaliste et précurseur de Kathleen Collins se distingue de celui qui se pense en fonction du genre, de l’orientation sexuelle ou de la couleur de peau. On entend l’écho des voix de James Baldwin, de Ralph Ellison et de Richard Wright.Journal d’une femme noire réunit des nouvelles, des lettres, des fictions et des extraits de journaux. L’effet miroir entre la fiction et la non fiction est une formidable introduction à l’oeuvre de cette autrice majeure célébrée par le Women Prize for fiction en 2019. Les écrits de Kathleen Collins ont été publiés à titre posthume en 2015 et 2016.Kathleen Collins était engagée dans le mouvement des droits civiques. Après des études en philosophie et religion à la prestigieuse université de Skidmore, elle obtient une bourse pour compléter son cursus à la Sorbonne. Elle a enseigné l’écriture à l’université de New York et a signé un film culte Losing Ground sorti en 1982.

Children are dying.All the local police seem interested in is maintaining jurisdiction, taking credit, and passing the blame when they can.All Realm Walker Juliana Norris wants to do is find the person responsible and bring them to justice.When those goals conflict, Juliana finds herself in charge of the investigation. And no one is happy about it. Not the species-ist police commissioner who wants nothing to do with her or the Agency. Not her boss who never wanted the case to begin with. And certainly not her mate, master vampire Thomas Kendrick, who fears both for her safety and her mental wellbeing.But Juliana will do what she needs to do, with or without their support.

L'émancipation des Afro-Américains, des femmes, la liberté d'être et la conscience de soi qui jaillissent des années 60-70 promettent des lendemains qui chantent. Mais les stéréotypes, les codes sociaux, les traditions qui ont construit et nourrissent le racisme et le sexisme, depuis si longtemps, ne s'éteindront pas en un jour.Happy Family, le dernier livre de Kathleen Collins, plonge le lecteur dans les relations amoureuses, familiales et amicales de ses personnages. Et comme dans Journal d'une femme noire, Kathleen Collins explore, à travers une multiplication de points de vue, les mondes intérieurs et complexes de ses personnages, nourris de culture et de rencontres, en butte à un monde extérieur souvent séduit par les simplifications.Se libérer du regard de l'autre et devenir un être singulier et agissant, voilà l'horizon des écrits de Kathleen Collins. Et ce malgré la difficulté et parfois l'impossibilité de le contempler.L'écriture vive et sincère de Kathleen Collins puise toute sa beauté, sa poésie et sa puissance dans ce que la différence produit sur l'autre, aussi petite soit-elle.Lire Kathleen Collins est une énorme chance, peut-être encore plus aujourd'hui, à un moment où l'on réhabilite le travail des femmes noires dans l'Histoire.

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This captivating volume explains math fractions by means of musical notation. Includes an explanation of all basic musical terminology and an annotated breakdown of the sheet music for the classic Aud Lang Syne.

Lewis and Clark were brave explorers who traveled great distances to map and take notes on much of the country. This book delves into the exciting history of their journey. Readers will also learn how to chart data on line graphs as they observe the number of miles the explorers traveled each month.

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A baker's day begins very early so he or she can start making bread to sell to customers. Students will experience an exciting day in the life of a baker while learning how to tell time. Photographs of clocks help explain quarter hour increments.

A biography of Jesse James, who became an outlaw during the Civil War and formed his own gang of robbers and murderers with his brother, Frank, in 1866.

Introduce your students to the basic concepts of line graphs within the context of Lewis and Clark's landmark journey west. Readers will learn how line graphs are made using simple text and graphs. Then, they will travel along with the famous explorers and analyze their expedition using graphs, maps and illustrations.

This is the July-September 1983 issue of History of An International Quarterly. In this edition CALOTYPE PORTRAITS OF ELIZABETH RIGBY AND DAVID OCTAVIUS, by Brassai, SHADOWS AND Sojourner Truth, CALOTYPE VIEWS OF ST. ANDREWS by David Octavius, COLONEL IMPEY AND HIS INDIAN CONNECTION, plus lots more. See my photographs (4) of this publication on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-10-bottom-R-flat) Rareviewbooks

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, it’s actually more common than you might think.Kathleen Collins is a motivational speaker, poet and a writer who is passionate about the literacy of mental illness.A high school drop-out turned college graduate with honors, her goal is to share her experience and skills to encourage and motivate others through recount parts of her journey and the journey of others, balancing life, with mental illness. It is her hope that you or a loved one who suffers with mental illness may find comfort and strength after reading this book.

Once upon a time… There was a girl, a boy and a dance. The girl shifted into a golden wolf and ran under the full moon. The boy was a prince with an obligation to his kingdom. And the dance was a moonlight ball for the prince to find his princess. Josef and Ella have been in love since they were children, but it was doomed from the start. He is the last of the Gauthier line and the law of the goddess herself states a Gauthier must sit on the throne. Her blessing has assured it for hundreds of years. As shifting females can’t carry an infant to term, Ella is not a suitable match for her prince. They both try, and fail, to move on. It is with a broken heart Prince Josef attends the ball. But there, under the light of the full moon, he dances a moonlit waltz and falls in love all over again. Perhaps there is hope after all. A Cinderella Retelling

Are you looking for a great gift for all occasions? Illustrated Floral Journal Daily prayers are an important factor in many people’s lives. It instills peace, joy and gratitude for all we’re given, and studies show that practicing daily gratitude can improve symptoms of anxiety and depression.Track and keep a record of your daily thoughts and cultivate gratitude with this wonderful flower journal. Get this great journal to track your day and practice gratitude daily for your health and well-being !!!!! Illustrated Floral Journal Include : Suitable 6 x 9 inches. High quality 110 pages Matte cover A great gift for all occasions! Buy now! ...

Are you looking for the perfect tennis record book planner? Are you looking for the best gift for tennis lovers and players? Here is the solution !!!! Tennis Scoreboard to track and get all your gaming results and practices in one organized place, the interior includes a space to record all game and practice information and track match points. What makes this tennis score book Convenient size, you can carry it with you anywhere 120 pages The size is 6 x 9 inches High quality Perfect gift for tennis lovers for men and women, for birthdays, Halloween, Christmas and any other gift giving events.Buy now! ...

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When Lynn meets Ruth and falls deeply in love, both women must make irrevocable decisions about their lives and to choose each other is to risk everything. As Lynn gathers all her inner resources, she has already begun a journey into the deepest recesses of the past and her own identity that will show her the true shape of her life.Lovers in the Present Afternoon , set against the turmoil of the Vietnam years, is an electrifying passage through one woman's life a life which men have always commanded. Amid the growth and flowering of her love for Ruth, Lynn finally understands the profound effects of the incestuous abuse of her childhood which has robbed her of her self-esteem; and with increasingly clear vision she examines the disintegrating heart of her marriage, its sexual and emotional landscape doomed from the start by its destructive seeds. This eloquent novel is both a story of love and of the discovery and integration of self. In language of candor and vividness, in images of unforgettable intimacy, we are carried on a journey that cannot fail to evoke moments in our own lives, cannot fail to move and touch and speak to us all.This novel was originally released under the pen name Kathleen Fleming in 1984 by Naiad Press

"If women want any rights more than they've got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it." Sojourner Truth told it like it was, and when not ideal, told it like it should be. Using primary sources, this book presents fascinating details about this tremendously powerful woman. Readers will learn fact from fiction, and be able to use this resource for biography and social studies projects.

Some things once forgotten are better not remembered…A broken wing with feathers fluttering in the breeze starts Juliana on her most dangerous, and personal, investigation yet. One that will take her from the depths of the End to her own backyard. She is surrounded by those she considers family, but it quickly becomes apparent she’s more alone than ever before.In the center of all the chaos and death is someone Juliana thought she’d never see again. Their reunion brings back memories of horrors long since transpired, but now fresh in Juliana’s mind. Everywhere she turns, she is faced with another decision that must be made. Her career has been built on trusting her instincts and abilities, but this time that trust may bring her entire world crumbling down around her.