Not long into the relationship, Kerman realized that her friend was living a reckless life as a heroin dealer, and when she was begged to carry money from Chicago to Brussels, she knew at that point that she was in a predicament. Soon after Kerman graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1992, she began an adventurous lifestyle with a friend. With at least 200 attendees in the audience, the crowd listened intently as Kerman gave a quick synopsis of her life and words of hope for the future. The book is a representation of race, class, gender, power, friendship, and empathy – all themes found in prison. These were the feelings expressed by Piper Kerman, author of the memoir “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” during Ohio University Chillicothe’s Kennedy Lecture in the Bennett Hall Auditorium on April 17, 2018. She was in a situation that she didn’t know how to navigate. Photographer: By Bowen SmithPiper Kerman, author of the memoir "Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison"Īnd it was at that point she realized she had crossed a line that should never have been crossed.
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