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Eve Ensler Talks about Her New Book, In the Body of the World
Listen to bestselling author Eve Ensler as she discusses her new book, In the Body of the World.
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Click here to listen to excerpts from her book.
Eve Ensler Goes on Tour!
On April 26, Eve Ensler kicked off a 19-city tour for her latest book, In the Body of the World. For more information, please check out the tour schedule below.
Sante Fe, NM: The Lensic Theater (Collected Works), April 26, 2013
Brooklyn, NY: Powerhouse Arena, April 30, 2013, at 7:00 pm
New York, NY: Barnes & Noble (Union Square), May 1, 2013, at 7:00 pm
Washington, DC: Politics & Prose (Sixth & I Synagogue), May 2, 2013, at 7:00 pm
Washington, DC: Busboys and Poets, May 3, 2013, at 6:30 pm
Philadelphia, PA: Free Library of Philadelphia, May 4, 2013, 7:30 pm
Boston, MA: Harvard Bookstore (The Brattle Theater), May 6, 2013, at 6:00 pm
Rochester, MN: Barnes & Noble (Apache Mall), May 7, 2013, at 7:00 pm
Minneapolis, MN: Common Good Books (Macalester College), May 8, 2013, at 7:00 pm
Troy, MI: Planned Parenthood, May 9, 2013, at noon
Chicago, IL: Women & Children First (The Swedish American Museum), May 10, 2013
Toronto, ON: Toronto Public Library (Appel Salon), May 13, 2013, at 7:00 pm
Vancouver, BC: Capilano College, May 14, 2013, at 7:30 pm
Portland, OR: Powell’s City of Books, May 16, 2013, at 7:30 pm
Seattle, WA: Elliott Bay Books (Benaroya Hall), May 18, 2013
Palo Alto, CA: Oshman Family JCC, May 19, 2013, at 7:30 pm
Berkeley, CA: KPFA-AM Radio (First Congregational Church of Berkeley), May 20, 2013
San Francisco, CA: Grace Cathedral (Books Inc.), May 21, 2013, at 7:00 pm
San Rafael, CA: Book Passage (Dominican University), May 22, 2013, at 7:00 pm
Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Public Library, May 23, 2013
Pasadena, CA: All Saints Church (in the Forum), 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, May 28, 2013, at 7:00 pm
New York, NY: 92nd Street Y “In Conversation with Alice Walker,” May 30, 2013
Atlanta, GA: The Buckhead Theatre, May 31, 2013, at 6:30 pm. Buy tickets online here.
Miami, FL: June 1, 2013
Miami, FL: June 2, 2013
Eve Ensler Releases Her Latest Work
Bestselling author Eve Ensler has just released her latest book, In the Body of the World. Click here to find out more.
Tour information will be made available shortly.
V-Day launches One Billion Rising
One billion people to strike, dance, and rise together in 2013. Click here to find out more.
To see the One Billion Rising video, click here.
Read Eve Ensler’s open letter to Todd Akin in The Huffington Post
Dear Mr. Akin, I Want You to Imagine… August 21, 2012
The September issue of YES! Magazine profiles Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler: Freedom Starts with a “V” August 9, 2012
Read about Emotional Creature’s successful run at Berkeley Rep!
Eve Ensler Gets Emotional June 21, 2012
Playwright Eve Ensler Goes for Girl Power
Eve Ensler Delivers Plenary at NOW Conference, June 29 2012
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See what Happened in Michigan when vagina’s stormed the capital!
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Vaginas storm Michigan’s Capitol!
Representative Lisa Brown, Eve Ensler and 32 activists and legislators performed The Vagina Monologues on Michigan’s Statehouse steps. To find out more, click on the articles below.
Emotional Creature begins at Berkeley Repertory Theatre!
To get more information on the world premiere of Emotional Creature, click on the articles below.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mercury News
An Evening with Eve Ensler
The Mark Twain House, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and the World Affairs Council present “An Evening with Eve Ensler” on Sunday, May 6, at 7:30 pm at Cheney Hall in Manchester, Connecticut. For tickets, please call 860-647-9824.
As a prelude to Eve’s visit on May 6, Jacques Lamarre (Manager of Communications and Special Projects at The Mark Twain House) wrote a brief introductory piece that you can read here.
Eve speaks at the Skoll World Forum, Oxford University, England
Joining other distinguished delegates from around the world, Eve presents a speech entitled “Seizing Momentum and Driving Change” at the Skoll World Forum. Click here to view the video.
Eve participates in MAKERS: Women Who Make America
MAKERS: Women Who Make America is an extraordinary multi-platform PBS project that will tell the compelling story of women’s advancement in America over the past 50 years. Click here to read more.
Eve contributes her latest piece to the Guardian – My Hero: Adrienne Rich
“She taught me that the lives of women existed in the future and language was the pathway to the future.” Click here to read the article.
European Parliament performs The Vagina Monologues as a cross-party call to action to end violence against women and girls
On March 6, in the European Parliament, nine MEPs are joining V-Day founder/Tony Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler in a very special and unique performance of The Vagina Monologues to raise the public’s and EU decision makers’ awareness on the importance to put an end to violence against women and girls in Europe and around the world. Click here to find out more.
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Eve Ensler’s Latest Book: In the Body of the World
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“Astonishing.”
— Mary Oliver
“A masterpiece. Ensler has accomplished the impossible: weaving together huge, bold, world-changing ideas with beautiful writing, amazing metaphors, and original structure. Truly one of the most courageous and original works of our time.”
— Naomi Klein
“This book is a ride, a river ride through rapids and depths and shallows, dried-up eddies, whirlpools and torrents, crystal-clear pools and the vast ocean at the end. What a thrill and what a spear through the heart. I am astounded by the honesty and clarity of each word.”
— Elizabeth Lesser
“Ensler has written a profound and vulnerable book, full of tenderness and strength. I was amazed by the clarity of her vision and the power of her message about the body and self. This book isn’t meant only for patients; it is meant for anyone whose life has intersected with illness—in short, for all of us.”
— Siddhartha Mukherjee
“I dare anyone to read In the Body of the World without crying, without crying out, without getting up and rising to this beautiful broken world with awe and gratitude. There is no pity here, only the raw force of courage in the face of fear and violence, and the healing grace of honesty.”
— Terry Tempest Williams
“Eve Ensler incarnates the pain of the women in the Congo, victims of rape and torture; and of the Earth, victim of so much desecration. Her heart and body are broken, her anger is like fire, and the passion of her writing rattles your soul. This is true literature and true activism.”
— Isabel Allende
“Eve Ensler’s memoir is not only wild and raw and incredibly important, it’s also that rarest of achievements—a compulsively readable, stunningly rendered work of art that delivers hope and truth, challenge and solace, sometimes simultaneously.”
— Alexandra Fuller