No Place for a Puritan by Rush Nolan in Wonder Valley
I am so happy to announce that Ruth Nolan, editor of this month’s Book Club book, No Place for a Puritan, will be joining us out in Wonder Valley at 7:00 pm on May 2nd. Ruth mentioned that supplies of the first edition are running low and she is talking to Heyday Books about a second run. Our faithful desert book readers can contact the publisher at www.heydaybooks.com to express their love for this desert classic so we don’t lose a critical part of the desert literary canon. Our feedback can demonstrate a growing readership and keep this book in print.
Every month from October 2014 until March 2020, Kip’s Desert Book Club gathered on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm in the home of a different resident of the Morongo Basin to discuss a book that in one way or another touches on the theme of “desert”.
Since the start of the pandemic, Kip has been hard at work making renovations to the kitchen and bathrooms at Copper Mountain Mesa Community Center, where he is the board President, and keeping their monthly USDA food drive alive. During this time, Kip’s Desert Book Club had largely been on pause, with the exception of a few virtual meetings. These virtual gatherings allowed us to welcome the participation of book club fans from beyond our local region.
Sixty-six books, more than seven years, and one pandemic later, Kip has decided to step back from being the primary book club organizer and join the rest of us as readers. Kip, we thank you for all the wonderful and eclectic desert books you’ve chosen over the years, as well as the unforgettable stories and knowledge you continue to share (if you know, you know!)
So, we are excited to announce that beginning in January 2022, our in-person book club will resume as the Desert Research Library Book Club (or DRL Book Club, for short). Each month, a member of the current Desert Research Library Artist Cohort will select a book from the library as that month’s book club selection.
