Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness By Amy Irvine Torrey House Press & Back of Beyond Books ISBN: 978-1-937226-97-8 $11.95; 89pp. Reviewed by Eduardo Rey Brummel Last year, a 50th anniversary edition of Edward Abbey’s “Desert Solitaire” was planned, with Amy Irvine providing its introduction. Irvine is the author of 2008’s, “Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land,” and winner of numerous awards, including: Orion Book Award and Colorado Book Award. When Irvine began writing her introduction, the writing – not at all unlike its writer – refused to be corralled and contained. What resulted instead ...
