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Piper Kerman was a 24-year-old Smith College graduate in 1993, when she flew to Belgium with a suitcase of money intended for a West African drug lord. This misguided adventure started when she began ...

Piper Kerman, author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman's Prison, will present "Orange + Black = Gray: Injustice in the Criminal Justice System" at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in ...

An unusual mix of social justice advocates and Netflix binge-watchers gathered in Gasson 100 last February to hear Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black and inspiration for the TV series of ...

Stores are bringing in racks of swimsuits amidst snowfall. Magazines prep for big spring issues, flashing headlines of what styles are “in,” which colors are “out.” Amidst all that, writer Piper ...

In 2004, Piper Kerman, who had pleaded guilty to money laundering violations, entered federal prison. Thirteen months later, she left it. She wrote a memoir, Orange Is the New Black, and that book, in ...

While the final season of Orange Is the New Black shows us where each of our favorite Litchfield ladies ends up (some roaming free, while others tragically pass), Kerman's book never actually gets ...