Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
Lorene Cary’s new novel Pride (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 The New York Times Book Review. It also praises the book’s ability to shift “between the staccato directness of black slang and the more formal cadences of standard English....”The Price of A Child has been selected as the first city-wide One Book, One Philadelphia choice. The novel traces one woman’s escape from slavery and brings alive Philadelphia’s Underground Railroad history. A New York Times reviewer called the writer “a powerful storyteller, frankly sensual, mortally funny, gifted with an ear for the pounce [of] real speech,” and praised the novel as “a generous, sardonic, full-blooded work of fiction.” (Knopf, 1995; Vintage 1996) Cary’s first book, published by Knopf in 1991, was Black Ice, 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 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.” Black Ice was chosen as a Notable Book for 1992 by the American Library Association.Lorene 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.In 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.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. She began writing as an apprentice at Time in 1980, then worked as an Associate Editor at TV Guide, freelanced for such publications as Essence, American Visions, Mirabella, and The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, and served as Contributing Editor for Newsweek in 1993. In 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 The American Heritage Dictionary 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.
Reviews
Review this book!
Available Copies
Black ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$16.62
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Hardcover. 238p., first edition, first printing, very good condition in like dj. Memoir by the African American educator. Item Price
CA$16.62
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cooperstown, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$8.31
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394574656 . Item Price
CA$8.31
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Decatur, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$9.69
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394574656 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
CA$9.69
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilson, Wisconsin, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$7.62
Show Details
Description:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Call numbers on label on spine of mylar covered taped on d.j, library label and bar codes on covers, library label and withdrawn stamp on front endpaper. 238 pages.. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Item Price
CA$7.62
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN
- 9780679737452
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$5.32
Show Details
Description:
Vintage. Reprint. Acceptable. Acceptable. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported Item Price
CA$5.32
BLACK ICE
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$37.39
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 244 pp. Original pale pink paper covered boards w/ white cloth spine. Spine ends and top corner of front cover bumped. Publisher's remainder mark to top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Creases to corners of front flap. Contents very nice. Author's… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$37.39
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN
- 9780679737452
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$5.32
Show Details
Description:
Vintage. Reprint. Good. Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported Item Price
CA$5.32
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Like New
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780679737452
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$9.60
Show Details
Description:
Vintage, 1992. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
CA$9.60
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$56.76
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on preliminary blank. Quarter white cloth, white paper-covered boards, grey foil titles on front board & spine, [vii], 238, [3] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This is a memoir of Lorene Cary, who attended the newly… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$56.76
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Middlebury, Vermont, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$16.62
Show Details
Description:
NY: Knopf, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 237 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Memoir of an African-American woman when she was a student at a formerly all white male private prep school. Record # 359138 Item Price
CA$16.62
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - G PB some underlining
- Edition
- 8th Printing
- Published
- 1991
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sebago, Maine, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$19.39
Show Details
Description:
NY: Vintage/Random. G PB some underlining. 1991. 8th Printing. Probably the most beautifully written and most moving African-American autobiographical narrative since Angelou's . Cage Bird. . Item Price
CA$19.39
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$9.69
Show Details
Description:
NY: Alfred A Knoph, 1991. First Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. First printing of author's first book. As new in an as new dustjacket, perfect. (box 81)
Item Price
CA$9.69
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Maplewood, Missouri, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$24.92
Show Details
Description:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Item Price
CA$24.92
Black Ice
by Lorene Cary
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN
- 9780679737452
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$1.43
Show Details
Description:
Vintage. Used - Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Tha9780060245863 business. Item Price
CA$1.43
BLACK ICE
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription.)
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Published
- 1991.
- Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ione, California, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$27.35
Show Details
Description:
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1991.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription.). First printing. Cary's first book, a highly praised memoir about her years at a formerly all-male New England prep school - where she was pushing the barriers as both black and female - and also about her return to… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$27.35
Black Ice
by CARY, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - very good(+)
- Jacket Condition
- very good(+)
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$18.18
Show Details
Description:
New York: Knopf, 1991. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(+). 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1991. Memoir of an African-American woman when she was a student at a formerly all white male private prep school. A very good(+) copy.<br/> <br/> Item Price
CA$18.18
Black Ice
by CARY, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574653
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$55.39
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a dustwrapper with a faded spine else fine. Item Price
CA$55.39
Black Ice
by Lorene Cary
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN
- 9780679737452
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$1.44
Show Details
Description:
Vintage. Used - Good. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job train program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. Item Price
CA$1.44
Black Ice
by CARY, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$69.24
Show Details
Description:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author. Author's first book, a memoir of a young black woman who attended a traditionally all-white, male prep school. Item Price
CA$69.24
Black Ice
by Cary, Lorene
- Condition
- Used - Collectible - Good
- ISBN
- 9780679737452
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, USA
- Item Price
-
CA$16.78
Show Details
Description:
Vintage. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy Collectible - Good. Signed by author on half title page. Item Price
CA$16.78