{
  "book": {
    "book": "Orange Is the New Black",
    "author": "",
    "publicationYear": "",
    "description": "Laverne Cox became a breakout TV star at 40 with a starring role in Orange Is the New Black. Since then, she’s become an advocate and role model for trans people, which she says means “invit[ing] people to see trans people as human beings.” In today’s episode, Cox joins All Things Considered’s Ailsa Chang for a conversation about her new memoir Transcendent. They discuss Cox’s childhood in Alabama, how reading Walden provided her with important language and what it was like to find creative success later in life",
    "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2160x2160+0+0/resize/3000/quality/66/format/jpg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F63%2F18%2F0035f55d43209f345a738672e525%2F2a90d9a6-a1ab-4b5a-bfdd-29d88d905e4d.jpg",
    "date": "2026-06-25"
  }
}