A Memory, Monologue, Rant, and A Prayer: Writings to Stop Violence Against Women to Be Released June 2007
05/30/2007
V-DAY AND CULTURE PROJECT TO LAUNCH THE BOOK WITH TWO READINGS IN NYC WITH MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, KATHY ENGEL, EVE ENSLER, CAROL GILLIGAN, HAZELLE GOODMAN, CAROLE MICHELE KAPLAN, MICHAEL KLEIN, JAMES LECESNE, LYNN NOTTAGE, MARK MATOUSEK, WINTER MILLER, PATRICIA BOSWORTH, ELIZABETH LESSER, SUSAN MILLER, MARISA TOMEI, OLIVIA WILDE
Readings to Take Place in Over 80 Cities
New York, NY - May 30, 2007 - Random House will release A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writing To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls, a groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle and commissioned by V-Day for the first V-Day: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS festival, which took place June 2006 in New York City.
These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of violence at all levels: brutality, neglect, a punch, even a put-down. The volume features such authors and topics as: Edward Albee on S&M; Maya Angelou on women’s work; Michael Cunningham on self-mutilation; Dave Eggers on a Sudanese abduction; Edwidge Danticat on a border crossing; Carol Gilligan on a daughter witnessing her mother being hit; Susan Miller on raising a son as a single mother; Sharon Olds on a bra; Patricia Bosworth on her own physically abusive relationship; Jane Fonda on reclaiming our Mojo; and many more.
These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of how violence against women affects every one of us. The book includes information on how to organize V-Day events and readings of the book. A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT, AND A PRAYER is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women.
In NYC, V-Day and the Culture Project will present two readings with world-renowned authors, playwrights and actors, beginning with the June 4 launch at the Culture Project’s new space, 55 Mercer Street in New York City, and followed July 5.
The Monday, June 4 event will feature readings from contributors Patricia Bosworth, Michael Cunningham, Kathy Engel, Eve Ensler, Hazelle Goodman, Carol Michele Kaplan, Michael Klein, James Lecesne, Lynn Nottage, Mark Matousek, and Olivia Wilde. On July 5, contributors Abiola Abrams, Nicole Burdette, Carol Gilligan, Elizabeth Lesser, Susan Miller and Marisa Tomei among others will read their works.
A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer
June 4th and July 5th at the Culture Project
Doors: 7:00pm
Curtain: 7:30pm
Tickets $20: http://www.cultureproject.org or call 212.925.1900.