This book offers original readings of classic and contemporary black texts, highlighting the pain of racism and love-based strategies of antiracist resistance. Kathy Glass gives sustained attention to the impact of racist affect on the black body and how black women writers deploy emotional states to move readers to progressive political action.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Love-Driven Politics in Frances Harper's "The Two Offers"
Chapter Two: "Do Unto Others": De-Racializing the Golden Rule in Julia Collins's The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride
Chapter Three: Nella Larsen's Spiritual Strivings
Chapter Four: On Blackness and Longing in Danzy Senna's Caucasia
Conclusion
Bibliography