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A display of local authors\u2019 books at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society.
Photo by Richard Barker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Richard Barker
\nSpecial to the Town Crier<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Idyllwild Area Historical Society recently unveiled a new exhibit \u201cLocal Authors, Past and Present.\u201d The 27 books on display reveal the remarkable degree of diversity in the subjects chosen by those authors that found their muse on our mountaintop.<\/p>\n

The exhibit was the brainchild of IAHS volunteer Lynnda Hart, who wished to create a counterpart to an earlier exhibit that celebrated local visual artists. Hart recognizes that our mountaintop village has been greatly shaped and defined by artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a town of the arts,\u201d Hart said. \u201cWe have music, visual arts, dance and that kind of thing, but also, we all know writers that are up here \u2014 pretty much everyone has at least one friend who is a writer \u2014 and I thought it was time we should showcase that this creative field also seeks out the mountains to be creative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hart and fellow IAHS volunteer Susie Bowman \u2014 Lynnda also expressed her gratitude to the manager of the Idyllwild Library, Shannon Ng \u2014 created the display. Interspersed with the books are various writing implements from the last 100 years, from quill pens to a manual typewriter (courtesy of Bowman\u2019s mother) to a laptop, imbuing the display with a palpable sense of history.<\/p>\n

Works by such local luminaries as Ernie Maxwell and Harry James stand witness to Idyllwild\u2019s past, while the latest generation of writers is well represented by the likes of award-winning authors Eduardo Santiago and Ken Luber.<\/p>\n

Hart enthused, \u201cWhat a diversity. And we should be proud of it and we need to celebrate it.\u201d Her most fervent wish is that by celebrating authors past and present, future authors will be inspired. \u201cMaybe this is a good thing for aspiring authors to come in and see; if you come here and you\u2019re inspired to write, that\u2019s the biggie, that\u2019s the biggie,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The exhibit strives to be as inclusive as possible; indeed, visitors to the museum are given an opportunity to provide additions to the list of local authors. Hart pointed out that the exhibit\u2019s title references \u201clocal\u201d authors in an effort to be inclusive of authors who live on the Hill but outside of Idyllwild proper.<\/p>\n

The museum does not sell copies of the books on display, although they do sell books pertaining to local history, most notably the excellent \u201cIdyllwild and the High San Jacintos\u201d by the IAHS\u2019s historian, Robert Smith. The museum\u2019s winter hours are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. While the display is long-term, it is not permanent, so catch it while you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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