{"product_id":"black-ice-paperback-7","title":"Black Ice: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorene Cary\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003cb\u003eBlack Ice\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorene Cary's new novel \u003cb\u003ePride\u003c\/b\u003e (Nan A. Talese\/ Doubleday, 1998; Anchor 1999) is told in the voices of four friends-\"subtle, idiosyncratic characters...whose personalities seem utterly, and affectingly, distinctive,\" according to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. It also praises the book's ability to shift \"between the staccato directness of black slang and the more formal cadences of standard English....\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Price of A Child\u003c\/b\u003e has been selected as the first city-wide One Book, One Philadelphia\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003echoice. The novel traces one woman's escape from slavery and brings alive Philadelphia's Underground Railroad history. A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ereviewer called the writer \"a powerful storyteller, frankly sensual, mortally funny, gifted with an ear for the pounce [of] real speech,\" and praised the novel\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a generous, sardonic, full-blooded work of fiction.\" \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(Knopf, 1995; Vintage 1996) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCary's first book, published by Knopf in 1991, was \u003cb\u003eBlack Ice\u003c\/b\u003e, a memoir of her years first as a black female student, and then teacher, at St. Paul's, an exclusive New England boarding school. Arnold Rampersad has dubbed it \"...probably the most beautifully written and moving African-American autobiographical narrative since Maya Angelou's celebrated \u003cb\u003eI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Ice\u003c\/b\u003e was chosen as a Notable Book for 1992 by the American Library Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLorene Cary was graduated from St. Paul's School in 1974 and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. She won a Thouron Fellowship for British-U.S. student exchange and studied at Sussex University. She has received Doctorates in Humane Letters from Colby College in Maine, Keene State College in New Hampshire, and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1998 Lorene Cary founded Art Sanctuary, a non-profit lecture and performance series that brings black thinkers and artists to speak and perform at the Church of the Advocate, a National Historic Landmark Building in North Philadelphia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCurrently a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a 1998 recipient of the Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Cary has lectured throughout the U.S. She began writing as an apprentice at \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e in 1980, then worked as an Associate Editor at \u003ci\u003eTV Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, freelanced for such\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epublications as \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Visions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMirabella\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and served as Contributing Editor\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efor \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e in 1993. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2002, Cary received the Women's Way Agent of Change Award; in 2001 the Advocate Community Development Corporation's Award for Urban Excellence; in 2000, a Philadelphia Historical Society Founder's Medal for History in Culture; in 1999, the American Red Cross Spectrum Rising Star Award for community service; and in 1995, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts Fellowship. She serves on the usage Panel for \u003ci\u003eThe American Heritage Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e and the Union Benevolent Association board. Cary is a member of PEN and the Author's Guild. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, the Rev. Robert C. Smith, and daughters Laura and Zoë.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Ice\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175781732487,"sku":"9780679737452","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/eb7b4c9f249248bd2b64acd451ecc48c.webp?v=1733384168","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/black-ice-paperback-7","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}