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I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE by Eve Ensler

This book is NOT eligible to be performed in UIL poetry competition. This ruling is based on:

  • Library of Congress cataloguing designating it as “monologues & stories”
  • Publisher’s description of the publication
  • Stage directions included
  • Multiple references to the selections as “monologues”
  • Author's note in the book
  • Foreword in the book by Carol Gilligan
  • Introduction to the book
  • Discussion questions written by the author in the back of the book
  • Author interview with Deborah Solomon of the New York Times
  • Author’s official website