Prior to writing, Summers worked as a fashion model for over fifteen years. Along with her fiction, she has also written, edited, and collected several works about social activism and the hidden history of African-American women. SIDELIGHTS:īarbara Summers is a writer and educator with a background in the beauty industry. (Editor and author of introduction) Open the Unusual Door: True-Life Stories of Challenge, Adventure, and Success by Black Americans, Graphia (Boston, MA), 2005. Skin Deep: Inside the World of Black Fashion Models, Amistad (New York, NY), 1999.īlack and Beautiful: How Women of Color Changed the Fashion Industry, Amistad (New York, NY), 2001. The Price You Pay (novel), Amistad (New York, NY), 1993. Nouvelle Soul: Short Stories, Amistad (New York, NY), 1992. (Editor) Brian Lanker, I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America, Stewart, Tabori & Chang (New York, NY), 1989. Formerly worked as a high-fashion model for Ford Models. City University of New York, New York, NY instructor in English composition. Office-Barbara Summers, Open the Unusual Door, Park West Station, P.O. attended Yale University and University of Paris, Sorbonne. Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.A. Born September 6, 1944, in Springfield, MA.
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