The Literary Society of the Desert is a non-profit organization promoting literacy and the love of reading through presentations by (and discussions with) leading authors as well as promoting literacy, writing skills, and the love of reading in the community. |
LITERARY SOCIETY OF THE DESERT 2022 SEASON We are pleased to offer LSD’s 2022 SEASON January 12, Mission Hills Country Club Guest Author PAULINA BREN Award-winning Historian and Professor, Vasser College THE BARBIZON The Hotel That Set Women Free  
Guest Author Michaela Carter Poet , Painter and Novelist is the author of LEONORA IN THE MORNING LIGHT one of “the most anticipated books of 2021” and one of five books nominated for The American Library in Paris Book Award
March 16, La Quinta Country Club Guest Author JULIA SWEIG Senior Research Fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs LADY BIRD JOHNSON: Hiding in Plain Sight   April 7, Bighorn Golf Club Guest Author MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD New York Times Bestselling author of SEATING ARRANGEMENTS. Her new novel, GREAT CIRCLE, was "short-listed" for the prestigious Booker Prize May 3, The Classic Club Guest Author GARY GINSBERG Former News Corporation, Time Warner and SoftBank executive and member of Clinton Administration FIRST FRIENDS The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents
. . . . AND, A SPECIAL EVENING EVENT AT CVREP PLAYHOUSE FOR SPONSORS, PATRONS AND BENEFACTORS (and your guest) December 15, 2021 Music, Book Discussion and Reception with Guest Author/Musician Mitchell James Kaplan Mitchell James Kaplan
Memories of Previous Seasons. . . . .
Guest Author Alice Hoffman chats with President Nancy Cunningham at Thunderbird Country Club prior to the first luncheon of our 2020 Season Donna Martin (below) prepares for LSD Luncheon at Toscana with Elizabeth Letts (CLICK ON OUR SCRAPBOOK FOR MANY MORE MEMBER PHOTOS)
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Douglas Smith, Historian, with his mother and LSD Sponsor, Annette Smith prior to his talk on THE RUSSIAN JOB: HOW AMERICA SAVED THE SOVIET UNION FROM RUIN . (Rancho Mirage Library, November 12, 2019
Founding Sponsor Jean Viereck, Patron Fran Muir and Dr. Douglas Smith
LSD President Nancy Cunningham with Dr. Douglas Smith Memories of LSD Meetings and Members See Scrapbook for additional member photosJS
    Guest Author Whitney Scharer (center) with students from Palm Desert High School preceding her luncheon presentation on THE AGE OF LIGHT.
Below: Authors table with Whitney Scharer at April, 2019 luncheon at La Quinta C.C. |
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Library Benefactor Libby Hoffman with Douglas Smith
March, 2019 Guest Author Michelle Dean is photographed with Rancho Mirage High School students prior to their meeting with her.
(Above) President, Nancy Cunningham and February Guest Author, Christina Lynch (Right) LSD Sponsor Sis Jackson (top left) with President, Nancy Cunningham (top right) and Secretary, Donna Martin at Thunderbird Country Club on January 24, 2019, featuring Hannah Pittard.  (Above) 2018 Guest Author, Julia Glass (Center) with LSD Exec. V.P. Joanne Mintz (Left), President, Nancy Cunningham (Right) and Coachella Valley librarians who received LSD grants for programming. Student guests are photographed with author, Lynne Olsen in 2017.
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Our student guests take their reading seriously--photo illustrates one student's "bookmarks" on their copy of Elinor Lipman's ON TURPENTINE LANE (below)
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