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A conversation with authr Piper Kerman, author of "Organge is the New Black"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

A conversation with author Piper Kerman: How a Smith grad's post-college path led to prison By Suzanne Wilson Created 05/05/2010 Piper Kerman's memoir, "Orange Is the New Black: My Year In a Women's Prison," begins with her graduation from Smith College on what she describes as a perfect spring day in 1992. "In the sun-dappled quad, bagpipes whined and Texas governor Ann Richards exhorted my classmates and me to get out there and show the world what kind of women we were. My family was proud and beaming as I took my degree." Many of Kerman's friends went on to graduate school or jobs in big cities. "I, on the other hand, stayed on in Northampton, Massachusetts. ... I was a well-educated young lady from Boston with a thirst for bohemian counterculture and no clear plan...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).