Granta 136: Legacies of Love Police from crinolines to toilets

from crinolines to toilets

and enjoyment so that any job

but they can often rise again

A glorious keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road

Granta 136: Legacies of Love Police from crinolines to toiletsWhat happens after you fall in love? The essays and fiction in this issue of Granta look at the risk and reward of loving someone. "Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?" by the late African American filmmaker Kathleen Collins captures the atmosphere of the Civil Rights movement in New York and the dangerous risks taken by its activists. In the iconic essay "Africa's Future Has No Place for Stupid Black Men," young Nigerian writer Pwaangulongii Daoud