Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams at Pat’s house
The April 6 Book Club selection is Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams. An extremely well crafted portrait of the Great Salt Lake area illustrated in both emotional and intellectual dimensions. I can’t describe it any further without running the risk of ruining the journey you will take with the author when you read it.
Pat will be our host at her house near the corner of Saturn and Coyote Valley in North Joshua Tree. If you are coming from downtown Joshua Tree, drive east on Hwy 62 and turn left on Sunburst, right on Golden, left on Border, drive 5 miles and look for Pole and then Del Oro Streets, then turn right on Winters, (look for the sign on left side of road, and the white Book Club sign) and then drive 4 miles just past the Copper Mountain Mesa Community Center and turn left on Mockingbird. Drive about a half mile and turn right on Saturn and Pat’s green house will be the first one on the left.
From 29 Palms, the fastest way would be to turn north on Sunfair from Hwy 62 and drive past the Joshua Tree Lakes campground to where the road turns to dirt and changes its name to Coyote Valley. Continue past the stop sign at Winters and look for the Book Club sign that guides you to make a very sharp left turn on Saturn. Pat’s green house will be the first one on the right. As always, I’ll have white Book Club signs to guide you in.
On the horizon for May is the book Point Last Seen by Hannah Nyala, the true story of a woman desert tracker. June will feature a special visit from Nancy Floyd, author of She’s Got A Gun, so bring your personal copies to be signed. Hope to see you at the next meeting!
Monday, April 6, 2015, 7PM
Pat’s house
North Joshua Tree, CA (see driving directions above)
This is the seventh meeting of Kip’s Desert Book Club.
See Book Club homepage for more information on this monthly gathering
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.
