![]() “I had an uncle who cried himself to sleep. The next story, “Interiors,” alternates the soliloquies of an unnamed husband and wife who have also fallen out of love, while the third, “The Uncle,” is a traditional first-person story. ![]() That’s from “Exteriors,” the first story in Kathleen Collins’ collection, “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?” “Exteriors” is a monologue by a film director specifying the lighting, blocking and angles for a relationship falling apart in a sixth-floor walk-up, ending with a fade to black “while she looks for the feelings that lit up the room.” Okay, now backlight the two of them asleep in the big double bed with that blue-and-white comforter over them. And another soft one for the young woman standing by the stove killing roaches. ![]() “Now let’s have a nice soft gel on the young man composing his poems or reading at his worktable. ![]()
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