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Joan Didion: Writing California, Defining a Voice gathers five writers at the Twentynine Palms Book Festival for a conversation about Didion’s work and influence. The panel begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, November 14, inside the Twentynine Palms Community Center at Freedom Plaza.
Local nonfiction writer and essayist Eleanor Whitney hosts Krista Diamond, Jardine Libaire, Pamela Nickel Williams and Lane Igoudin. The panel looks at Didion’s voice and the ways her work continues to shape contemporary writing about California, identity, place and cultural change.
The Community Center is at 6547 Freedom Way in Twentynine Palms.
