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Eve Ensler Performs

Posted by Sam Gale Rosen on Wednesday, February 3, 2010

(AP Photo/V-Day)

Eve Ensler performed a couple of monologues from her new book “I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World“ in our second hour on Wednesday.

We got a very big response – both over the phones and online – so we thought we’d pull out the two readings and offer them here for your listening pleasure (and your reactions).

Here’s the monologue “You Tell Me How To Be a Girl in 2010″:

And here’s the book’s title monologue, “I Am an Emotional Creature“:

What do you think? You can listen to the full interview — and see the range of online comments — here.

Tags: books, Eve Ensler, performance

Listener comments

How can I post the monologue “You Tell Me How To Be A Girl In 2010″ on my facebook page so people can click on it to hear?
Posted by Ron Steinbecker, on February 4th, 2010 at 2:57 PM
This is an amazing monolog. Thank you NPR! Worth an add on to my yearly donation!
Posted by John Jacobson, on February 6th, 2010 at 1:43 PM
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Posted by Sexual abuse of women — a strange day « Happy-Well Health and Fitness Blog, on February 9th, 2010 at 12:39 AM
Wow! Thank you, I have three small daugthers.I am charged to help them become the best women they can be and I am so thankful for that.
Thank you for your monologues charging me to think and feel.
Posted by Jaminthia P, on February 9th, 2010 at 12:11 PM
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Posted by The Slave of the Lights » Eve Ensler Performs | Wbur And Npr – On Point With Tom Ashbrook, on February 11th, 2010 at 2:44 AM
Dear On Point team:
Thanks for this amazing interview with Eve Ensler. I just saw “The Vagina Monologues” for the first time a few weeks ago in Lausanne, Switzerland (where I live) in French! The large hall was packed, and I was surprised to see many men there (wish I had insisted on my husband coming with me). Can’t wait to order her new book. On Point is by far my favorite podcast. Tom, you are also amazing. The subjects are great, the guests you select are perfect, but the art is really in the questions you ask, how you ask them, and the whole way you run the show. A+++. Keep up the good work. And yes, I do donate!
Posted by Susan Stuber, on February 13th, 2010 at 8:46 AM
About posting to Facebook–the link on this page does not seem to work (I tried). So the best is to copy the URL on this page http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/02/eve-ensler-performs#comments and then you simply click “link” under your comment, put in the URL, and it automatically puts in the thumbmail and info, too.
Posted by Susan Stuber, on February 13th, 2010 at 8:58 AM

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