The African American Review called this an 'alluring story of bondage, escape and freedom.' It was chosen for the first One Book, One Philadelphia program. In 1995, you published The Price of a Child, a novel about the Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwoman. You contributed essays to Essence, American Visions, Mirabella, Obsidian, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Then you were a freelance writer and contributing editor for Newsweek magazine. Your writing career began as an apprentice at Time magazine in 1980 where you were an associate editor at TV Guide. Later you attended the University of Sussex in England on a Thouron Fellowship, earning an M.A. Paul's you studied at the University of Pennsylvania, earning both a B.A. Paul's in Black Ice, which The Washington Post called 'a precious gift to us all,' and which won the American Library Association Notable Book Award.Īfter St. Later, in 1991, you wrote about your experience at St.

You were determined to succeed in this environment without losing sight of your roots. In 1972, you entered the elite Saint Paul's School in New Hampshire on a scholarship, only the second African-American female student in the school's history. Growing up in a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood, you began writing stories at a young age.

You have brought your art and vision to multiple communities, and you are a tireless advocate for education and social justice. Your stories and essays explore issues of race and gender, often centering on the lives of black women and their struggles and triumphs from antebellum slavery to contemporary times. A senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania, you have been a member of the School Reform Commission in Philadelphia. Lorene Cary, you are a critically acclaimed novelist, essayist, teacher, and activist. Send an email to webeditor President Chopp's Charge to Lorene Cary

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