Kerman's husband's real New York Times column also touched on the strict rules that play out in the show's many visitation scenes. So, Like, Shouldn't Piper Be Out of Prison by Now on OITNB? But she also explained that as time goes on, the 'tribal' organization becomes looser: 'While initially people might sort of gravitate toward the people who are the same color of them, I think that matters less and less the longer you're there.' In her NPR interview, Kerman also discussed how race played a part in how people organized in prison. I even mastered a recipe from the prison's culinary canon: cheesecake.' 'I had learned a lot since arriving in prison ﬁve months ago: how to clean house using maxipads, how to wire a light ﬁxture, how to discern whether a duo were best friends or girlfriends, when to curse someone in Spanish, knowing the difference between 'feelin' it' (good) and 'feelin' some kinda way' (bad), the fastest way to calculate someone's good time, how to spot a commissary ho a mile away, and how to tell which guards were players and which guards were noth-in' nice. In the Orange Is the New Black book, Kerman wrote about the official and unofficial rules of prison life, many of which are played out in the series: Obviously, on the show, Larry has been long gone, having left Piper for her best friend. To say that it never once crossed my mind to bail on her is simply a statement of fact.' In her own memoir, Kerman said this of the column: 'Even here, without him, I couldn't imagine any sweeter Christmas present.' Kerman wed Smith in 2006, and they're still married. The real Larry's Modern Love piece was published on March 25, 2010, with the title 'A Life to Live, This Side of the Bars.' In the real column, Larry recalls how he and Kerman reacted when her past came back to haunt her: 'To say she was freaked out and wondering if I would stick around for the messes sure to come is an understatement. In the show, Larry, played by Jason Biggs, writes a Modern Love article titled 'One Sentence, Two Prisoners' in season one. Just like in the show, Kerman had a fiancé named Larry (Larry Smith, who is a writer), who was by her side during her incarceration.

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