| 词条 | Piper Kerman |
| 释义 |
| name = Piper Kerman | image = Piper Kerman University of Missouri book signing (cropped).jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Kerman at the University of Missouri in 2014 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|09|28}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1] | birth_name = Piper Eressea Kerman | alma_mater = Smith College | notable_works = My Year in a Women's Prison | occupation = Writer, author, memoirist | spouse = {{marriage|Larry Smith|2006}} | website = {{URL|piperkerman.com}}{{URL|www.thepipebomb.com}} }} Piper Eressea Kerman[2] (born September 28, 1969) is an American writer who was indicted in 1998 on charges of felonious money-laundering activities and sentenced to 15 months' detention in a federal correctional facility, of which she eventually served 13. Her memoir of her prison experiences, My Year in a Women's Prison, was adapted into the critically acclaimed Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. Since leaving prison, Kerman has spoken widely about women in jail and about her own experiences there. She now works as a communication strategist for non-profit organizations. Early life and educationKerman was born in Boston[1] into a family which included many attorneys, doctors, and educators.[1] She graduated from Swampscott High School in Swampscott, Massachusetts in 1987,[3] and Smith College in 1992.[6] She is a self-described WASP (although her paternal grandfather was Russian Jewish).[4][5] Criminal careerIn 1993, Kerman became romantically involved with Catherine Cleary Wolters (Nora Janson in her memoir),[6] a heroin dealer working for an alleged Nigerian kingpin.[7][8] Kerman laundered money for the drug operation.[7] In 1998, Kerman was indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking; she subsequently pleaded guilty.[7] Beginning in 2004, she served 13 months of a 15-month sentence at FCI Danbury, a minimum security prison located in Danbury, Connecticut.[9] During her sentence, the website "The Pipe Bomb" was set up to document her life behind bars.[10] Later careerKerman published her best-selling memoir about her experiences in prison, My Year in a Women's Prison, with Spiegel & Grau in 2010. A television adaptation of the same name created by Jenji Kohan, the Emmy award-winning creator of Weeds, debuted on July 11, 2013 on Netflix. Kerman's character in the series ("Piper Chapman") is played by Taylor Schilling. The series was renewed for a fourth season on April 15, 2015, before the third season premiered on June 11, 2015.[11] A fifth season was released on June 6, 2017. The sixth season was released on July 27, 2018. Orange is the New Black has received critical acclaim and won four Emmy Awards.[12][13] Kerman serves on the board of the Women's Prison Association and is frequently invited to speak to students of creative writing, criminology, gender and women's studies, law, and sociology, as well as to groups, such as the American Correctional Association's Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force, federal probation officers, public defenders, justice reform advocates and volunteers, book clubs, and formerly and currently incarcerated people.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} On February 10, 2014, Kerman received the 2014 Justice Trailblazer Award from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Center on Media, Crime & Justice.[14] On February 25, 2014, Kerman testified at a hearing on "Reassessing Solitary Confinement" before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights chaired by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin.[15] On August 4, 2015, Kerman testified at a hearing on "Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons: First-Hand Accounts of Challenges Facing the Federal Prison System" before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chaired by Senator Ron Johnson.[16] Since 2015, Kerman has worked as a communications strategist for nonprofits.[17] Since her prison sentence, Kerman has spoken publicly many times on behalf of women in corrections and about her experience.[18] Personal lifeKerman has stated, "I'm bisexual, so I'm a part of the gay community".[19] She came out around the age of 18 and identified as a lesbian for most of her youth.[19] On May 21, 2006,[2] Kerman married writer Larry Smith.[2] Kerman and Smith live in Columbus, Ohio, and she teaches writing classes at the Marion Correctional Institution and the Ohio Reformatory for Women in nearby Marysville, Ohio.[20][21] Works
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Prison Life, Real and Onscreen|first=Aimee|last=Lee Ball|date=August 2, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/fashion/prison-life-real-and-onscreen.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|work=The New York Times|date=May 21, 2006|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/fashion/weddings/21kerm.html|title=Piper Kerman and Larry Smith}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://patch.com/massachusetts/swampscott/orange-is-the-new-black-author-is-blue |title='Orange is the New Black' Author is Blue |last=Solomon |first=Jared |date=November 2, 2013 |publisher=Patch |accessdate=December 4, 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/07/29/orange-new-black |title=The Woman Behind 'Orange is the New Black' |last=Young |first=Robin |date=July 29, 2013 |work=WBUR-FM |publisher=Boston University |accessdate=August 15, 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Piper/status/322346590687858690 |title=Response on Twitter |last=Kerman |first=Piper |date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=January 12, 2015}} 6. ^ 7. ^1 2 {{cite web|last=Humphrey |first=Michael |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/03/piper_kerman.html |title=Ex-Convict Piper Kerman on Her Hot New Memoir, Orange Is the New Black |publisher=New York Magazine |date=March 25, 2010 |accessdate=May 8, 2010}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.truthout.org/orange-is-new-black-a-year-a-womens-prison58218 |title=Orange Is the New Black: A Year in a Women's Prison |publisher=Truthout|date=April 1, 2010 |first=Liliana |last=Segur |accessdate=May 8, 2010}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2250034 |title=What's a Nice Blonde Like Me Doing in Prison?|work=Slate|author= Grose, Jessica|date= April 8, 2010}} 10. ^{{cite web|last=Paige|first=Rachel|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/95294-how-long-was-piper-in-prison-in-real-life-the-orange-is-the-new-black-author|title=How Long Was Piper In Prison In Real Life? The 'Orange Is The New Black' Author Documented Her Time With A Website|work=Bustle|date=July 23, 2015|accessdate=April 13, 2016}} 11. ^{{citation|url=http://orange-is-the-new-black.culturaencadena.com/catalogo-de-series/habra-3-temporada-renovada-estreno-2105-20510.html/|title=Habrá 3 temporada de Orange is the new black, renovada: estreno en primavera 2015. Netflix nos extiende la condena a disfrutar de la serie |author=Seriófilo|date=June 6, 2014}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/02/why-netflix-renewed-orange-is-the-new-black-for-three-seasons-26254/|title=Why Netflix Renewed ‘Orange is the New Black’ for Three Seasons|work=Indiewire|date=February 5, 2016|accessdate=May 11, 2018}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search|title=Awards Search|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|accessdate=May 11, 2018}} 14. ^{{cite web|website=jjay.cuny.edu|url=http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/acalendar/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/10/2014&todate=2/10/2014&display=day&type=public&eventidn=6514&view=EventDetails&information_id=17659|title=2014 Justice Trailblazer Award Dinner - Honoring Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black|date=February 10, 2014}} 15. ^{{cite web|title=Testimony of Piper Kerman, author, Orange is the New Black|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0VPDvCGeqo|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 20, 2014|date=February 26, 2014}} 16. ^{{cite web|title=Testimony of Piper Kerman, author, Orange is the New Black|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-of-the-bureau-of-prisons-first-hand-accounts-of-challenges-facing-the-federal-prison-system|publisher=Senate|accessdate=August 4, 2015|date=August 4, 2015}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cityarts.net/event/piper-kerman/ |website=CityArts.net|title=Piper Kerman}} 18. ^http://piperkerman.com/events/ 19. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.lstylegstyle.com/stories/the-real-piper-of-orange-is-the-new-black/|title=The REAL Piper of Orange is the New Black|author=Lynn Yeldell|work=L Style G Style}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/06/02/piper-kerman-speech.html|title=‘Orange Is the New Black’ author Piper Kerman shares her story in Westerville|author=Jeannie Nuss|work=The Columbus Dispatch}} 21. ^{{cite news|last1=Nuss|first1=Jeannie|title=Author of ‘Orange Is The New Black’ explains move to Columbus|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2015/05/31/1-author-of-orange-explains-ohio-move.html|accessdate=May 31, 2015|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=May 31, 2015}} External links
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17 : Living people|1969 births|People from West Long Branch, New Jersey|Smith College alumni|American criminals|American drug traffickers|American people convicted of drug offenses|People convicted of money laundering|American memoirists|Writers from Boston|Bisexual writers|Bisexual women|LGBT rights activists from the United States|LGBT memoirists|Prison reformers|Criminals from Massachusetts|LGBT people from Massachusetts |
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