V (formerly Eve Ensler) on Writing, Memory, and the Power of an Apology
Guest: V (formerly Eve Ensler)\xa0is a Tony Award\u2013winning playwright, author, performer, and activist. Her international phenomenon\xa0The Vagina Monologues has been published in 48 languages and performed in more than 140 countries.\xa0 She is the founder of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, and One Billion Rising, the largest global mass action to end gender-based violence in over 200 countries. She is a co-founder of the City of Joy, a revolutionary center for women survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with Christine Schuler Deschryver and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege.\nV is the author of several books including, The Apology,\xa0I Am an Emotional Creature, In the Body of the World, and her latest,\xa0Reckoning.\nThe post V (formerly Eve Ensler)\xa0on Writing, Memory, and the Power of an Apology appeared first on KPFA.