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Never Underestimate the Desert opens the fourth Twentynine Palms Book Festival at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 13, inside the Twentynine Palms Community Center at Freedom Plaza.
Lisa Morgan, public relations officer for Joshua Tree National Park Association, hosts a conversation with Melissa Broder, Duncan Birmingham, Julia Knobloch, Kim Stringfellow, Sonia Luckey, Amanda LaPera and Steve Brown. The panel looks at how writing, research, art and advocacy can document, celebrate and protect the California desert’s cultural and natural heritage.
The panel is included in the free festival program. Advance registration is available through Eventbrite. The Community Center is at 6547 Freedom Way in Twentynine Palms.
