EVENT: BOOK TALK WITH PROF. HELEN BENEDICT.
BOOK TALK WITH PROF. HELEN BENEDICT.
Tues, March 24, 6:30-8:30 pm; Lecture Hall
BOOK TALK: Prof. HELEN BENEDICT discusses her new nonfiction book, THE LONELY
SOLDIER: THE PRIVATE WAR OF WOMEN SERVING IN IRAQ. Benedict’s play based on the book, THE LONELY SOLDIER MONOLOGUES, is being performed in New York City at The Theater for the New City from March 5-22, and at La MaMa on March 17.
Ticket
information: http://lonelysoldierplay.com/ and book information:
http://www.helenbenedict.com
Praise for the book: “The Lonely Solider is an important book, a crucial accounting of the shameful war on women who gave their bodies, lives and souls for their country.” –Eve Ensler, playwright, performer, activist and author of The Vagina Monologues
NYT review of the play:
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/theater/reviews/10lone.html
Listen to a Columbia J-school webcast with Prof. Benedict:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ColumbiaJournalism/2009/03/03/Helen-Benedict-au
thor-of-book-and-play-about-female-American-soldiers
