Background
Cary, Lorene Emily was born on November 29, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of John William and Carole Joan Cary.
(In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager f...)
In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders. Like any good student, she was determined to succeed. But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out. This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that double role, in which failing calculus and winning a student election could both be interpreted as betrayals of one's skin. Black Ice is also a universally recognizable document of a woman's adolescence; it is, as Houston Baker says, "a journey into selfhood that resonates with sober reflection, intellignet passion, and joyous love."
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Cary, Lorene Emily was born on November 29, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of John William and Carole Joan Cary.
Bachelor, Master of Arts in English, University Pennsylvania, 1978. Master of Arts in Victorian Literature, University Sussex, 1980. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Colby College, 1992.
Doctor of Letters, Keene State College, 1998. Doctor of Letters, Chestnut Hill College, 1998.
Apprentice writer, Time, 1980; associate editor, television Guide, 1980-1982; teacher, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., 1982-1983; contributing editor, Newsweek, 1993-1994; lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Department English, Philadelphia, since 1995. Adjunct Professor U. Arts, Philadelphia, 1984-1988, Antioch University, Philadelphia, 1984-1988. Guest lecturer in field.
(In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager f...)
(The Price of a Child (Vintage) THE PRICE OF A CHILD (VINT...)
(FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER)
Trustee St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, 1987-1991. Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Authors Guild, Union Benevolent Association (president since 2006, Philadelphia award 2003).
Married Robert C. Smith, August 27, 1983. Children: Laura Hagans, Zoe Drayton. 1 stepchild, Geoffrey.