{"product_id":"thanks-for-giving-paperback","title":"Thanks for Giving - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Loring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNan's family is home for Thanksgiving, but some unsolicited truths are about to be dropped at the dinner table. Old wounds and new realities collide, and sibling rivalry is stoked, but the enduring spirit that guides this family charges on, ever fierce. Thanks for Giving offers plenty to chew on. This intimate and restorative new play from Governor General's Literary Award winner Kevin Loring, the first ever Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre of Canada, is about legacy - the legacy of our personal and collective histories, and a family's legacy as it moves into an age where the assumptions of the old ways surrender to new possibilities. But if the play's main course is legacy, the dessert is pumpkin pie. Tuck in!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin Loring\u003c\/strong\u003e is a member of the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) First Nation in Lytton, British Columbia. As an actor he has performed in numerous plays across Canada, including Marie Clements's\u003cem\u003e Burning Vision\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCopper Thunderbird\u003c\/em\u003e, and in the National Arts Centre's fortieth-anniversary production of George Ryga's \u003cem\u003eThe Ecstasy of Rita Joe\u003c\/em\u003e. He also starred in the 2007 feature film \u003cem\u003ePathfinder\u003c\/em\u003e and co-produced and co-hosted the documentary \u003cem\u003eCanyon War: The Untold Story\u003c\/em\u003e about the 1858 Fraser Canyon War. He was the recipient of the 2005 City of Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Emerging Theatre Artist, Artist-in-Residence at The Playhouse Theatre Company in 2006, and Playwright-in-Residence at the National Arts Centre in 2010. His first play, \u003cem\u003eWhere the Blood Mixes\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Original Script; the Sydney J. Risk Prize for Outstanding Original Script by an Emerging Playwright; and the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoring is also the founder and Artistic Director of Savage Society, a non-profit production company dedicated to telling Indigenous stories sourcing myths, traditions, and the contemporary Indigenous experience.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219391856889,"sku":"9781772012187","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZlhSY25GdHlKSTE2ZDgrVUVTS0FNdz09.webp?v=1768166094","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/thanks-for-giving-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}