Edward Abbey has been gone since the late 1980s. He was then and is still an important voice about lands in the west. Some of his books are iconic, like Desert Solitaire and the Monkey Wrench Gang. He voiced early concerns about development and mining in the west – especially the Red Rock Country of…
I just updated my 2016 reading list. Woo hoo, with 70 books under my belt I am on track for 140-150 books in 2016. The topics are the usual: nature, field guides, memoir, birding, faith, and a smattering of fiction (trashy and otherwise). With library access, many of the books are “print” copies this year. I…
I read Edward Abbey in my 20s, and he deepened my love for both the southwest deserts and nature writing. In fact, Abbey’s nonfiction is one of the biggest influences on my own writing style, not that I am anywhere near Abbey! But that’s the challenge. Painters want to be a D’Vinci or Picasso, composers a…