[Unedited] Drew Lanham with Krista Tippett

<p>The ornithologist Drew Lanham is lyrical in the languages of science, humans, and birds. He’s a professor of wildlife ecology, a self-described “hunter-conservationist,” and author of the celebrated book <i>The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature.</i> 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.</p><p>J. Drew Lanham is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Master Teacher, and Certified Wildlife Biologist at Clemson University. He’s the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-home-place-memoirs-of-a-colored-man-s-love-affair-with-nature/9781571313508"><i>The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature</i></a> and a forthcoming collection of poetry and meditations, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sparrow-Envy-Field-Lesser-Beasts/dp/1938235819"><i>Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts</i></a><i>.</i></p><p>This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Drew Lanham — ’I Worship Every Bird that I See’." <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/drew-lanham-i-worship-every-bird-that-i-see/#transcript">Find the transcript</a> for that show at onbeing.org.</p>