This groundbreaking collection, edited by author and playwright Eve Ensler, features pieces from “Until the Violence Stops, the international tour that brings the issue of violence against women and girls to the forefront of our consciousness. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of brutality, neglect, a punch, or a put-down. Here is Edward Albee on S&M; Maya Angelou on womens work; Michael Cunningham on self-mutilation; Dave Eggers on a Sudanese abduction; Carol Gilligan on a daughter witnessing her mother being hit; Susan Miller on raising a son as a single mother; and Sharon Olds on a bra.

These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of this issues effect on every one of us. With information on how to organize an “Until the Violence Stops, event in your community, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women.

Format: Paperback
Published: in USA in 2007
Publisher: Villard Books
Pages: 223
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780345497918
ISBN 10: 0345497910
Edition: 1