![]() Since leaving prison, Kerman has spoken widely about women in prison and about her own experiences there. Piper Kerman is the author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in Women's Priso n, a memoir of her prison experiences, which was adapted into the critically acclaimed Netflix original comedy-drama series. As Albert Woodfox -held in solitary confinement for 40 years-put it after helping a fellow prisoner learn how to read: "The world was now open to him" It's particularly critical now, as many of the incarcerated are in lockdown due to the pandemic. Books-to-prisons programs remain some of the few supply chains for making this happen. Often books are the sole instruments of learning for a prisoner. ![]() ![]() Law and Kerman will discuss how prisons make access to literature exceptionally difficult, compounding institutional barriers to education. Piper Kerman ( Orange Is the New Black) and Victoria Law (NYC Books Through Bars co-founder) on the importance of sending books to prisonsįive months into Freebird's book drive for incarcerated readers (over 3,000 copies donated!), we wanted to pause and have a conversation on the invaluable work NYC Books Through Bars does, how these books are distributed to prisons nationwide, and what they mean to the recipients.Īs part of Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy's "Books Beneath the Bridge" series, we are hosting a conversation between Victoria Law, the co-founder of NYC Books Through Bars, and Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black and a former incarcerated reader herself. ![]()
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