Tice, Arden, 1928-

Arden Tice. Part of the Belinda Subraman Pictorial Collection (PICT 000-584).

Arden Tice was born in Lawton, Oklahoma. She attended the University of Texas, Austin, where she majored in English and Psychology, receiving a bachelor's degree in l951. She did graduate work at the University of Texas, Austin; the University of Houston; and the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. She received a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Ohio St. Matthew University, Columbus, Ohio, in August 1971. She has published articles ( The Texas Observer, edited by Ronnie Dugger, began publishing her in the 1950s). An article in The Texas Observer about a trip through the south with Vivian Ayres Allen in 1957 and her three children, Debbie Allen, Felicia Rashad and Tex, prompted the paper to run off 10,000 extra copies. Tice's article described their experiences as they traveled south at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. She continued to publish essays and poetry during the 1960s and 1970s. Her chapbooks are inventoried and can be found in her archives. In Time to Tango, co-authored by Nichols Sands (Vergin Press 2002), is the story of a love relationship impacted by post traumatic stress disorder (Web site www.intimeto tango.com). Scenes from the Live Poets Society, Vol. I & Vol. II, Santa Fe, '01 & &'03, contain her poems. Tice's articles and publications have appeared under various names - Arden Tice, Arden Macnab, Arden Eckles and Hava Arden.

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