Piper Kerman's book recommendations

The author of the memoir behind Netflix's award-winning Orange is the New Black recommends works by Sharon Olds, Rayya Elias, and more

Piper Kerman.
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Piper Kerman is the author of Orange Is the New Black, the 2010 memoir about a stint in federal prison that inspired the Emmy Award–winning Netflix series. The show's final season debuts on July 26.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (2011).

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