{"product_id":"liars-thieves-and-other-sinners-on-the-bench-paperback","title":"Liars, Thieves and Other Sinners on the Bench - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haunting and funny, full of folk wisdom and unfl inching honesty.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, on the work of Jo Carson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She is a quintessential community artist with a true ear for the way people talk and what they really mean to say. Her work has inspired innumerable young artists to take up work with their own communities.\"--Linda Frye Burnham, Community Arts Network\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Human experience is varied and astonishing,\" notes Jo Carson, \"and this is a taste.\" A uniquely American writer and performer, Carson has spent fifteen years working with peoples' stories in communities across the country, crafting more than thirty plays from the oral histories she has collected. In performance, these works have illuminated and invigorated the communities in which they were forged, as the people see themselves onstage in a new light. This book collects Carson's favorite excerpts from the plays--stories that range from the homespun to the extraordinary and together create a portrait of America in an amazing diversity and authenticity of voices. They are slices of life, passed beyond the circle of family and neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJo Carson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and performer living in John City, Tennessee. She has published award-winning plays, short stories, children's books, essays, poems, and other work, and for years was a commentator on National Public Radio's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e. Her play \u003ci\u003eWhispering to Horses\u003c\/i\u003e and solo show \u003ci\u003eIf God Came Down . . .\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at Seven Stages Theatre in Atlanta, and her book of monologues and dialogues, \u003ci\u003eStories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet\u003c\/i\u003e, made \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e's editor's choice and the American Library Association's recommended list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJo Carson has published award-winning plays, short stories, books for children, essays, poems and other work. Her play Whispering to Horses and solo show If God Came Down... premiered at Seven Stages in Atlanta. She currently performs Liars, Thieves, and Other Sinners on the Bench, made up of selected stories from the 30 oral history plays she has written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771588247840,"sku":"9781559363310","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/739f695d89620ef8fc76bb8af989385a.webp?v=1780388964","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/liars-thieves-and-other-sinners-on-the-bench-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}