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Orange Is The New Black (book)
''Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison'' (titled ''Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison'' in some editions) is a 2010 memoir by American author Piper Kerman, which tells the story of her money laundering and illegal drug trade, drug trafficking conviction and subsequent year spent in a Federal Bureau of Prisons, federal Incarceration of women in the United States, women's prison. The book was adapted into the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Background The memoir details the events which occur as a result of Piper Kerman's involvement with Nora Jansen (Catherine Cleary Wolters in real life), a former friend, lover and drug smuggler. In 1993, shortly after her graduation from Smith College, Kerman agreed to accompany Jansen on several trips to Asia and Europe, going as far as carrying a suitcase of laundered money across the Atlantic Ocean before returning to San Francisco to "piece her life back together". In May 1998, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piper Kerman
Piper Eressea Kerman (born September 28, 1969) is an American author. She was indicted in 1998 on charges of felony, felonious money-laundering activities, and sentenced to 15 months' detention in a federal correctional facility, of which she eventually served 13 months. Her memoir of her prison experiences, ''Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison'' (2010), was adapted into the critically-acclaimed Netflix original comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2016). Since leaving prison, Kerman has spoken widely about women in prison and problems with the federal prison system. She now works as a communication strategist for non-profit organizations. Early life and education Kerman was born in Boston into a family with a number of attorneys, doctors and educators. She graduated from Swampscott High School in Swampscott, Massachusetts, in 1987, and Smith College in 1992. Kerman is a self-described White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, WASP; however, she had a paternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison Uniform
A prison uniform is the standardized clothes worn by prisoners. It usually includes visually distinct clothes worn to indicate the wearer is a prisoner, in clear distinction from civil clothing. A prison uniform serves the purpose to make prisoners instantly identifiable, to limit risks through concealed objects and to prevent injuries through undesignated clothing objects. It can also spoil attempts of escape as prison uniforms typically use a design and color scheme that is easily noticed and identified even at a greater distance. Wearing a prison uniform is typically done only reluctantly and is often perceived as stigmatizing, and as an invasion into the autonomy of decision. The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners first adopted in 1955 and amended in 2015 as "Mandela Rules" prohibit degrading or humiliating clothing, requiring in Rule 19 that: #Every prisoner who is not allowed to wear his or her own clothing shall be provided with an outfit of clothing su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Non-fiction Books
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Debut Books
Debut or début (the first public appearance of a person or thing) may refer to: * Debut (society), the formal introduction of young upper-class women to society * Debut novel, an author's first published novel Film and television * ''The Debut'' (1977 film), or ''Het debuut'' by Nouchka van Brakel * ''The Debut'' (2000 film), a Filipino–American drama film * ''Debut'' (film), a 2017 Belarusian documentary film * "The Debut" (''The O.C.'' episode), 2003 Music * Debut Records, an American jazz record label * ''Debut'' (Björk album), 1993 * ''Debut'' (Zoë album), 2015 * ''The Debut'' (album), a 2019 album by Jackie Evancho * ''Debut Album'' (Sayuri Ishikawa album), 1973 * ''Debut'', a 1987 album by The Real Group * ''Debut'', a 2004 album by Carol Kidd * ''Debut'', a 2007 album by Brandi Disterheft * ''Debut'', a 1991 album by Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band * ''Debut'', a 1992 album by Sarah Chang, 1992 * ''Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951'', a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Memoirs
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English-language Books
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WBUR
WBUR-FM (90.9 FM) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Boston University. It is the largest of three NPR member stations in Boston, along with WGBH and WUMB-FM and produces several nationally distributed programs, including ''On Point'', '' Here and Now'' and ''Open Source.'' WBUR previously produced ''Car Talk'', '' Only a Game'', and '' The Connection'' (which was cancelled on August 5, 2005). ''RadioBoston'', launched in 2007, is its only purely local show. WBUR's positioning statement is "Boston's NPR News Station". WBUR also carries its programming on two other stations serving Cape Cod and the Islands: WBUH (89.1 FM) in Brewster, and WBUA (92.7 FM) in Tisbury. The latter station, located on Martha's Vineyard, uses the frequency formerly occupied by WMVY."WBUR Buys Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison Uniform
A prison uniform is the standardized clothes worn by prisoners. It usually includes visually distinct clothes worn to indicate the wearer is a prisoner, in clear distinction from civil clothing. A prison uniform serves the purpose to make prisoners instantly identifiable, to limit risks through concealed objects and to prevent injuries through undesignated clothing objects. It can also spoil attempts of escape as prison uniforms typically use a design and color scheme that is easily noticed and identified even at a greater distance. Wearing a prison uniform is typically done only reluctantly and is often perceived as stigmatizing, and as an invasion into the autonomy of decision. The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners first adopted in 1955 and amended in 2015 as "Mandela Rules" prohibit degrading or humiliating clothing, requiring in Rule 19 that: #Every prisoner who is not allowed to wear his or her own clothing shall be provided with an outfit of clothing su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Companions In The Bleak House
''My Companions in the Bleak House'' ( cz, Přítelkyně z domu smutku) is a novel by Czech author Eva Kantůrková, first published in 1984, and was the first recipient of the Tom Stoppard Prize. It is a fictionalised account of Kantůrková's time in prison on charges of sedition in Communist Czechoslovakia. In 1992 it was adapted into a -hour miniseries, which won two awards at the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels. Writing The book tells the story of twelve female prisoners held in Ruzyně prison in Prague, in the form of a fictionalized memoir. Arrested in 1981, the author was herself held there for eleven months in for sedition after signing Charter 77, which criticised the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for human rights failings related to the Helsinki Accords. Kantůrková herself does not appear in the book, which is narrated by a character called Eva. The title is a reference to Charles Dickens' novel ''Bleak House'', which satirised the English justic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UC Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the University of California 10-university system. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the University of California system in 1944, and is the third-oldest undergraduate campus in the system, after UC Berkeley and UCLA. Located on a WWII-era Marine air station, UC Santa Barbara is organized into three undergraduate colleges ( College of Letters and Science, College of Engineering, College of Creative Studies) and two graduate schools (Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and Bren School of Environmental Science & Management), offering more than 200 degrees and programs. The university has 10 national research centers, including the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Center for Control, Dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal-Advocate
The Journal-Advocate is a daily newspaper in Sterling, Colorado. It is published by Prairie Mountain Publishing Prairie Mountain Media is an American publishing company owned by Digital First Media. It owns a series of newspapers, most noteworthy ''The Denver Post''. Former half owner Scripps left the partnership in 2009. It acquired Lehman Communications ..., which is owned by MediaNews Group. MediaNews acquired it from Hollinger in 1996. References External links *Sterling/Logan County Chamber of Commerce website Newspapers published in Colorado Logan County, Colorado Sterling, Colorado Daily newspapers published in the United States {{Colorado-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slate (magazine)
''Slate'' is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States. It was created in 1996 by former '' New Republic'' editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. In 2004, it was purchased by The Washington Post Company (later renamed the Graham Holdings Company), and since 2008 has been managed by The Slate Group, an online publishing entity created by Graham Holdings. ''Slate'' is based in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. ''Slate'', which is updated throughout the day, covers politics, arts and culture, sports, and news. According to its former editor-in-chief Julia Turner, the magazine is "not fundamentally a breaking news source", but rather aimed at helping readers to "analyze and understand and interpret the world" with witty and entertaining writing. As of mid-2015, it publishes about 1,500 stories per month. A French version, ''slate.fr'', was launched in February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
