So, I had relationships with many, many women before I met Nora and after I met Nora. You know, I went to Smith College and where they have “lesbian until graduation.” You know personally, I identified as a lesbian for most of my youth, you know, sort of came out the closet when I was either 18 or 19, how can I not remember that, it was a long time ago (laughs) and you know Larry is the only guy I’ve ever dated and I did ended up marrying him.
So, you know, I think particularly for, I mean, a point of interest for folks who are a part of the LGBT community is, you know, this sort of “gay for the stay” question. Piper and Larry on the day of her release And so of course, that fact, of course relates back to your question about the relationship between Piper and Larry on the show and my relationship with my now-husband, Larry. So that is a really big difference between the relationship between Piper and Alex and between the relationship between Piper and the woman who I call Nora in the book. In other words, we did not rekindle our relationship. And anyone who’s read the book knows that in fact my path did cross with my ex-lover and that not only were we held, for a shorter period of time near the end of my incarceration, we were held in the same prison facility and in fact we shared a cell for a period of time and that is true and fascinating and something I’m grateful for on many levels, I talk about that quite a bit in the last chapter of the book, the last couple chapters of the book but we were not reunited in a physical sense. Again, it’s not a biopic so the depiction of the relationship between Piper and Alex on the show is fictional. Is what is portrayed a true reflection of your relationships, first, with your girlfriend and then second, with your fiancé? LY: So, for our community, I think there are two questions that most of us are curious about. But literally from the first episode, the show makes some really dramatic departures from the true story that’s told in the book. I gave them permission to use my first name. You know, obviously the grounding point for that character, sort of the offense and you know, obviously the demographics are the same and the first name is the same. I think they’ve done a fabulous job but no one should imagine that every single thing they see on the screen is an accurate depiction of my own life. It is really brilliant adaptation that Jenji Kohan (producer of the show) has done. The show is not a biopic by any stretch of the imagination. No, I mean, the character Piper Chapman is that, she’s a character. I was just curious, do you think given that as our introduction to you that we have gotten to know you and your real story? LY: I got to know you, I think like many of our readers, through the Netflix series of the same name and based on your book, Orange Is the New Black.
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