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Show D6 The Salt Lake Tribune Writers at Work Will Gather Dufresneis a versatile writer of novels, short stories and poetry He is perhaps best knownfor his Southern Gothicnovel, Louisi Power & Light, which he On July 11-16 BY JEFF MANOOKIAN SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE Grant _Johannesen slipped a k Billy Bob Thornton. Ha becomea favorite of Utah readers thanks to The King’s English Bookshop, which made a local bestsellerof her little first novel BY BRANDON GRIG! TheAil ofIt. This year’s faculty also in THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE Looking to jumpstart that un finished novel? Write better love poemsto your sweetheart? ( maybejust hear nationally k writers read their works? Utah Poet Laureate David Lee, OprahBookClub authorBret Lott andnovelists John Dufresne and Jeannette Haienwill be among the facultyat the 15th annua! Writers at Work conference, July 11-16 at Salt Lake City’s WestminsterCol. lege. After 14 years in Park City the conference is moving down the mountain, making it more convenient to most Utah-based writers and audiences. The conference will offer Jeannette Haien buffs. Chairmanof the English department at Southern Utah University, he has published 11 books of poetry. His poems are workshops on writing novels, shortstories, nonfiction and poet: ry. The weeklong event also in cludes panel discussions and vernacular, their humor and their colorful depictions of rural life. Lott is a novelist and short evening readings by faculty story Among those teaching at this year's conference, Lee is probably best known to Utah literature distinctive for their down-home writer whose career re. cently took off when Oprah Win. frey chose his novel, Jewel, for her cludes Mark Doty, who taught at the University of Utah before leaving last summer for a job at the Univ ty of Houston. Hehas written five books of poetry and an acclaimed memoir, Heaven's Coast, about the loss of his long lime partnerto AIDS. The otherwriters teaching at the conference are Russell Martin and Lucy Grealy(nonfiction), Al lison Joseph (poetry), and Peggy Shu and Robert Hodgson Van Wagoner (young writers). They will be joined by agents Nancy Stauffer Cahoon, Hlizabeth Wales and Howard Yoon; and edi tors PeterStitt, Jon Tribble and Michael Wiegers. Tuition for a week's worth of morning workshopsis $395. Cost for afternoonsessions runs from 0 $95. Enrollment is limited. Evening readings are fre . For moreinformation, ca 5. Sunday, May23, 1999 JohannesenDelivers a Fine Hands-Off Recital ingtothe screenforactor-director At Westminster 3.5-inch floppy disk into a small boxlike contraption attached to the undersideof the piano keybed. pushed a button, and voila! — guests LonnieandSallyPaulos’ homeheard Johannsenplay with no hands. This legendary pianist shared aseat alongside his audiencewhilethepianotook over In anera whenplayerpianos areall butforgotten, the notionof a piano performing all byitself has comeof age again. Johanne sen “recorded” a 90-minuterecital onto a PianoDise, whichattaches to a piano andallows listeners to hear Johannesen and a numberof other piano artists play in real time. Of course, one has to keep the piano in tune and in good repair TEs EY wt It was unnerving to see the chasm between Johannesen, the man, and the piano playing his interpretations. But once we got past this notion, what we heard was a bona-fide Johannesen recital Pieces by Ravel, Chopin, Rach: maninoff and Schubert arein cluded on Johannesen’s Piano: Disc. Of particular interest are Robert Schumann's “Nachtstucke” and two pieces by the play, thensteppedtothe pianofor a couple of captivating encores. Johannesen’s incomparable artistry came through loud and ciear. His mature executions area rare pleasure. Those whowishto purchase this PianoDisc, and the accompanying hardware, can relive Johanessen’s recital over and over. So how does the PianoDise compare to the real thing? One audience member commented, “I t tell thedifference.” Strouse. The disc concluded with Johannesen’s poignant improvi Jeff Manookian, a Salt Lake based pianist, composer and con ductor, is the classical-music critic sation on “Come, Come, Ye for The Salt Lake Tribune. Broadway composer Charles in the Pauloses’ Olympus Cove home, told the audience, “If you have a PianoDiscinstalled onto your piano at the Steinway Fac- tory in New York, it will c you an arm and a leg” $10,000 above the cost of the instrument. “But wecan put one on yourpianofor just a single appendage, just a Ele ke wwwhoussofblinds.con IRIEVE; somuans 487-5662 CMINL BLINDS© VERTICALS @ ROMAN SHADES woreGa DS © CRYSTAL PLEAT @ SHI IUTTERS: PERIES @PLEATEDSHADES: $9.95 5:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m Call 582-5888 Come On Up, Our Patios are Open! 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