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Alice Childress is a writer, actress and director. She brings her theatrical experience to the novel in characterization and dialogue.
Miss Childress was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but grew up and attended high school in Harlem. She was a member of the American Negro Theater for ten years. From 1966 to 1968 she received a Harvard-appointment to the Radcliffe Institute. She is a community-elected board member of the Francis-Delafield City Hospital and also a member of the Harlem Writers Club and the New Dramatics.
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