Cassandra Lane

Cassandra Lane is a freelance writer who lives in New Orleans.Formerly a staff writer at the Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.) and the News-Star (Monroe, La.), where she wrote articles, columns and personal essays.Collaborating with New York-based Taiia Smart-Young, Cassandra examines the historically black colleges and universities that are birthing the next generation of literary greats on page 58.