TORREY HOUSE PRESS
NEW AND UPCOMING
THE DELIGHTFUL HORROR
OF FAMILY BIRDING
by Eli J. Knapp
Eli Knapp takes readers from a leaky dugout canoe in Tanzania and the mating grounds of Ecuador’s cock-of-the-rock to a juniper titmouse's perch at the Grand Canyon and the migration of hooded mergansers in a New York swamp, exploring life’s deepest questions all along the way.
MOSTLY WHITE
by Alison Hart
Spanning four generations of a mixed-race family, Mostly White is a powerful tale of inter-generational trauma and the healing brought by wildness, music, and the resilience of women. From Emma, who survives the abuse of an Indian residential school in 1890s Maine, to Ella, who navigates color lines in 1980s New York City, Alison Hart’s unforgettable characters fight to form their own identities and honor the call of their ancestors.
DESERT CABAL
by Amy Irvine
Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness turns 50 this fall, and is due for a celebration and a talking to. In Desert Cabal, Amy Irvine helps to make contemporary the dated, white male narrative that is still very much at the heart of today’s wilderness movement—even as she celebrates the lens through which Abbey taught so many to love the wild remains of the nation. From a quiet solitude to a roaring cabal, Ed Abbey has met his match in Amy Irvine.
THE OASIS THIS TIME
by Rebecca Lawton
Water, the most critical fluid on the planet, is seen as murderer, savior, benefactor, and Holy Grail in many arid North American communities. Fluvial geologist and former Colorado River guide Rebecca Lawton follows species both human and wild to their watery roots—in warming deserts, near rising Pacific tides, on endangered, tapped-out rivers, and in growing urban ecosystems.
MARCH 2019
SEASONS
by Ellen Meloy
A collection of essays by iconic American nature writer Ellen Meloy, produced by KUER for on-air reading.
APRIL 2019
ARCHES ENEMY
by Scott Graham
Archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family are camping in Arches National Park when a rumble shakes the earth. Investigating, they find a fallen arch—and smell blood.
JUNE 2019
REBISONING THE WEST
by Kurt Repanshek
Rebisoning the West will trace the rise and fall and rise of bison and document efforts to build herds in select locations of the West in an effort to preserve genetic integrity, meet tribal needs, and provide an economic return.
SEPTEMBER 2019
CONFLUENCE
by Zak Podmore
OCTOBER 2019
SHAPED BY SNOW
by Ayja Bounous
Shaped by Snow will examine Bounous's personal and family connections to snow and skiing and how climate change threatens both the mountain and the relationships that shape her.
NOVEMBER 2019
BEFORE US LIKE A LAND OF DREAMS
by Karin Anderson
Before Us Like a Land of Dreams follows a disheartened mother traveling an evocative route through the sites of her arid Western ancestry. As her narration fades, the dead speak their stories directly.
MAY 2019
CHURCH OF THE GRAVEYARD SAINTS
by C. Joseph Greaves
SEPTEMBER 2019