![]() ![]() Because of her background in film, she is able to masterfully "show" a scene without "telling" too much. ![]() The way that the author illustrates her characters and her scenes has a lot to do with this, I think. ![]() This is quite a feat, considering that about half of the stories are 10 pages long or less. I found that, no matter the length of the story, I was equally engaged, moved, and satisfied. ![]() 98), and this quote accurately sums up my feelings about all of the stories. In the story When All Love Withers All of Life Cries, the narrator of the story comments that, "the words are only icing you keep going past the words you got nothing but surprises" (pg. The collection is composed of 16 stories of varying lengths, from as short as 4 pages to as long as 26 pages. One example of this effort is the short story collection WHATEVER HAPPENED TO INTERRACIAL LOVE. After years of pouring over this massive cache, Nina began working to get many of the pieces either reissued, published, or otherwise sent out into the world. When she died from cancer in 1988, she left most of her documents and other works to her daughter, Nina. Her 1982 film Losing Ground was the first feature-length dramatic film directed by an African American woman. Born in 1942, Kathleen Collins was a groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, and writer - part of the generation of African Americans, many of whom who were "the firsts" in their fields. ![]()
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