Thank you for posting this news, Sam. I wonder why so few write dramatic monologues nowadays? Maybe because they are so hard to write, maybe because "confessional" is passe for many.
I'd like to pass on this link as well.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/arch....html?id=80637
Edited in: I neglected to add my admiration of Ai's work. She is truly a role model.