{"id":35921,"date":"2018-08-26T12:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T18:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=35921"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:34:54","slug":"stephen-trimble-michelle-tago-tuitupou-and-kueds-the-great-american-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/stephen-trimble-michelle-tago-tuitupou-and-kueds-the-great-american-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Trimble, Michelle Tago-Tu\u2019itupou and KUED\u2019s The Great American Read"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What\u2019s your favorite book? That\u2019s the question KUED, in conjunction with PBS\u2019s The Great American Read, has been asking Utahns all summer long \u2014 at the Farmer\u2019s Market, the Pride Festival, Craft Lake City and elsewhere. \u201cThis isn\u2019t meant to be a list of the best books written, but more a list of the best-loved books,\u201d says KUED community engagement coordinator and 15 Bytes regular Laura Durham. So, not necessarily Tolstoy or Faulkner. More \u201cCharlotte\u2019s Web\u201d and \u201cThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer.\u201d \u201cThe frontrunners at our events are usually Harry Potter and \u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I\u2019ve been pleasantly surprised to see people voting for books that are a little more under the radar and listening to them argue with their friends and family about their choices. Turns out people are passionate about the books they read.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2017, PBS did extensive polling to come up with a list of America\u2019s best-loved novels. There are plenty of the titles you may have read in high school English class, some time-honored favorites like \u201cAlice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland\u201d and \u201cAnne of Green Gables,\u201d thrillers like \u201cJurassic Park\u201d and \u201cThe Hunt for Red October,\u201d and even recent sensations like \u201cFifty Shades of Grey.\u201d A series exploring these best-loved novels will air on PBS beginning Sept.11.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>KUED received a grant to produce its own mini-documentaries, which will air locally during the series. \u201cThe producers wanted to focus on a theme,\u201d Durham says, \u201cand chose to focus on works that explore the author\u2019s relationship to the land, to their homeland.\u201d They chose to spotlight veteran photographer and writer Stephen Trimble and first-time self-published author Michelle Tago-Tu\u2019itupou to explore how their hometowns have influenced their writing and their stories.<\/p>\n

As a writer, editor, and photographer, Trimble has published more than 20 award-winning books in his long career. He likes to say, \u201cGotta write. If not, I get depressed. Photography brings me great joy, but writing takes everything I\u2019ve got.\u201d The documentary will touch on two of his latest books:\u00a0\u201cBargaining for Eden\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cRed Rock Stories.\u201d The latter is a collection of essays and poems that argue for protecting America\u2019s public lands, with a focus on Bears Ears.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A writer born and raised in American Samoa, Tago-Tu\u2019itupou just published\u00a0\u201cPerson of Shadows,\u201d a young adult novel that follows Keaka and her brother Alika on a perilous journey seeking help from the gods to save what is left of their broken family. \u201cI wrote this novel because our Pasifika stories need to be heard, not only by our own communities, but by others so there will be a better understanding of who we are and the rich cultures we carry with us,\u201d the author says.<\/p>\n

KUED is hosting an event at Broadway Centre Cinemas in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 4, to launch the new series with refreshments and a book exchange. Those who bring a book to donate to the exchange will get a free copy of either Trimble\u2019s or Tago-Tu\u2019itupou\u2019s book. They\u2019ll also get a chance to meet the authors, watch an advanced screening of one of The Great American Read episodes, and clips from the documentaries on Trimble and Tago-Tu\u2019itupou.<\/p>\n

You can RSVP at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.kued.org\/events\/kued-event\/the-great-american-read-series-launch-party<\/a><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your favorite book? That\u2019s the question KUED, in conjunction with PBS\u2019s The Great American Read, has been asking Utahns all summer long \u2014 at the Farmer\u2019s Market, the Pride Festival, Craft Lake City and elsewhere. \u201cThis isn\u2019t meant to be a list of the best books written, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bytes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/great_american_read.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 21:22:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72199,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35921\/revisions\/72199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}