Author and educator Lorene Cary will deliver a lecture, "Living to Tell the Tale: Experiences of an African-American Woman at Elite Educational Institutions," on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. It will be followed by a book signing.
Lorene Cary's first book, Black Ice (1991), has been called "the most beautifully written and moving African-American autobiographical narrative since Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." A memoir of her years first as a black female student, and then teacher, at St. Paul's, an exclusive New England boarding school, Black Ice was chosen as a notable book for 1992 by the American Library Association. Currently 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.
Lecture Sponsors include the Kirkland Project, Office of the President, Kirkland Endowment Advisory Committee, Higher Education Opportunity Program, Dean of Faculty Office, Dean of Students Office, Africana Studies and the Teacher Education Program.
