An Evening of Poetry with J. Drew Lanham & John Lane | Sparrow Envy

113 North Church Street,Spartanburg SC 29306

12 May, 2021

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Join us for an evening with renowned ornithologist and professor of wildlife ecology J. Drew Lanham on May 12th at 6PM! We are thrilled to be hosting renowned ornithologist and professor of wildlife ecology J. Drew Lanham on May 12th at 6PM! This evening of poetry will be celebrating Hub City Press's new release of his book Sparrow Envy, a new and expanded edition featuring 30% new material! NOTE: This will be an in-person event at Growler Haus in dowtown Spartanburg. There will be limited seating available (20 distanced seats) and the event will be held outside on the patio. The event will be livestreamed to Facebook. Both ticket types include a signed copy of Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts. . . . Sparrow Envy by J. Drew Lanham “You are a rare bird, easy to see but invisible just the same.” That thought is close at hand in Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, as renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mixture of poetry and prose. He questions vital assumptions taken for granted by so many birdwatchers: can birding be an escape if the birder is not in a safe place? Who is watching him as he watches birds? With a refreshing balance of reverence and candor, Lanham paints a unique portrait of the natural world: listening to cicadas, tracking sandpipers, towhees, wrens, and cataloging fellow birdwatchers at a conference where he is one of two black birders. The resulting insights are as honest as they are illuminating. J. Drew Lanham is the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature. He is a birder, naturalist, hunter-conservationist, and an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University. He lives in Seneca, South Carolina.