Recipe for Lamb Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Green Olives, as seen in the April 2006 issue of 'O, The Oprah Magazine.'

In prison, they are robbers and murderers. On paper, they are women not so different from the rest of us. Novelist Wally Lamb explains how writing their life stories sets them free, and how anyone who's built a prison around herself can do the same.

Wally Lamb teaches poetry to women in jail.

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Roasting bone-in lamb chops doesn't take more than 10 minutes if you cook them in a skillet that you've preheated in a very hot oven. (Just turn the kitchen fan on and open a window before jacking the heat.)