by Judy Reese They are not all professional theater folk: some have not acted since high school, if at all. Some are his friends; others knew him only through his novels. But at Salida’s SteamPlant, in the town where he made his home, they’ve come together to celebrate Kent Haruf – the man as well as the author – in the first-ever adaptation of a story Hollywood wanted first. Shortly following Haruf’s death last November, the Friends of the SteamPlant decided to pay him tribute by producing an original performance of his early novel, The Tie That Binds. The novel, ...