The ornithologist Drew Lanham is lyrical in the languages of science,humans, and birds. He’s a professor of wildlife ecology, and a self-described “hunter-conservationist,” and author of the celebrated book The domestic Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s cherish Affair with Nature. His way of seeing and hearing and noticing the present and the history that birds traverse - through our backyards and beyond - is a revelatory way to be present to the world and to life in our time.
J. Drew Lanham is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Master Teacher, or Certified Wildlife Biologist at Clemson University. He’s the author of The domestic Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s cherish Affair with Nature and a forthcoming collection of poetry and meditations,Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts.
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