Movie

Collected Stories (2002)

• January 16, 2002
• 1h 40m

Overview

Ruth Steiner is a teacher and respected short story writer. Her student and protégée is Lisa Morrison. Over the course of six years, Lisa journeys from insecure student to successful writer. After publishing a well-received collection of short stories, Lisa writes a novel based on Ruth's affair with the poet Delmore Schwartz. The women deal with the moral dilemma of whether a person's life events are suitable for another to use in their own creative process.

Director

Gilbert Cates

Writers

Donald Margulies

Starring

Linda Lavin, Samantha Mathis