''Come Let Us Sing Anyway'', also known as ''Come Let Us Sing Anyway and other short stories'', is a 2017 collection of stories by British author
Leone Ross
Leone Ross FRSL (born 26 June 1969) is a British novelist, short story writer, editor, journalist and academic, who is of Jamaican and Scottish ancestry.
Biography Early years and education
Leone Ross was born in Coventry, England. When she was ...
. The volume marks the first time that her short stories have been collected together.
Stories
The twenty-three stories collected predominantly focus on Jamaican women or women of Jamaican ancestry. Stories in the collection include:
* “Drag”
* “Art for ****’s Sake”
* “And You Know This”
* “Breathing”
* “The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant”
* “The Heart Has No Bones”
* "Love Silk Food"
* "Velvet Man”
* “What He Is”
* “Phone Call to a London Rape Crisis Centre”
* “The Mullerian Eminence”
* “Roll it”
* “Breakfast time”
* “President Daisy”
* “Covenant”
* “Mudman”
Themes
The stories in ''Come Let Us Sing Anyway'' feature a variety of themes that include pain, love, and beauty.
Release
''Come Let Us Sing Anyway'' was first published in the United Kingdom in 2017 through
Peepal Tree Press
Peepal Tree Press is a publisher based in Leeds, England which publishes Caribbean, Black British, and South Asian fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama and academic books. Poet Kwame Dawes has said: "Peepal Tree Press's position as the leading pu ...
. It marks the first time that Ross has published a collection of her short stories.
Reception
Critical reception for ''Come Let Us Sing Anyway'' has been positive.
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The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...
'' praised the collection, stating that it "demonstrates her imaginative power and great psychological depth."
References
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British short story collections
Cultural depictions of Jamaican people
2017 short story collections
Peepal Tree Press books