Detours: J. Drew Lanham
I am the rare bird, the oddity: appreciated by some for my different perspective and discounted by others as an unnecessary nuisance, an unusually colored fish out of water.
Professor Joseph Drew Lanham is an ornithologist and writer who brings his perspective as Black man living in the South to his advocacy for bird-watching, outdoor recreation, and environmental conservation and stewardship. He is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow.
Dr. Lanham's memoir, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature, was published…