b'The ornithologist J. Drew Lanham is lyrical in the languages of science, humans, and birds. His celebrated books include The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man\\u2019s Love Affair with Nature and a collection of poetry and meditations called Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts. J. Drew Lanham\\u2019s way of seeing and hearing and noticing the present and the history that birds traverse \\u2014 through our backyards and beyond \\u2014 is a revelatory way to be present to the world and to life in our time.'