Regina Alongi
Connector Editor

Calling Netflix-ers and bibliophiles alike! Author of the best-selling memoir “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” Piper Kerman, will be gracing the UML stage at the end of this month at the university’s brand new University Crossing.
Born in Boston and a graduate of Smith College, Kerman has gone on to reach incredible levels with her writing.

The show “Orange Is the New Black,” based directly on the novel, was first released on Netflix on July 11, 2013 and, over the last year, has become one of the most talked about shows currently on-air (well, currently streaming.)

At the 66th Annual Primetime Emmys on Aug. 16, 2014, the series received 12 nominations and took home three awards. Arguments have been made that they deserved to win more than the three, but, hey, that’s show business… right?
The book is a memoir on Kerman’s time spent at a women’s correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut.

Upon graduating Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, Kerman starts dating an older woman who soon reveals to her that she is part of an international heroin trafficking ring. Instead of running like she should, Kerman thinks this is thrilling and ends up becoming part of the scheme.

A few years pass and she slides away from this affair, until one day she finds authorities knocking at the door of the New York City apartment in which she and her boyfriend reside.

The rest of the book goes on to describe her time in the correctional facility and the relationships she makes with her fellow inmates, along with giving an inside look to our country’s justice system.

Kerman will be giving a talk in Moloney Hall at UML’s new University Crossing building on Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. Following the talk, she will be signing copies of her book in the River Hawk Shop, the university’s new flagship bookstore. This free event is open to faculty, students and the public.