A New Monologue for Eve Ensler, Re-Enacting Life With Cancer




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Eve Ensler stars in the new one-woman show In The Body Of The World, an adaptation of her eponymous memoir. (photo: Joan Marcus/Courtesy of the artist)
Jeff Lunden, NPR 
Lunden writes: "If any feminist walks the walk, it's author, actress and activist Eve Ensler, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. In 2009, Ensler went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help victims of rape and torture create a sanctuary called City of Joy. That's when her own life got upended." 
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