But her seven novels about interracial love and utopian dreaming offer a rich social history of Boston in the 1960s and ' 70s .
Fanny Howe is n't part of the local literary canon .
Fanny Howe 's seven novels about interracial love and utopian dreaming offer a rich social history of Boston in the 1960s and ' 70s .
Fanny Howe is n't part of the local literary canon .