The Home Place Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature

His 2016 memoir, which we read and we're going to try to have Drew on.

Drew Lanham, a birder and ornithologist, professor of wildlife ecology at Clemson University, author and poet.

And is this your, this is your most recent book, The Home Place?

I am a man in love with nature. I am an eco addict consuming everything that the outdoors offers in its all you can sense seasonal buffet. I'm a wildling born of forests and fields and more comfortable on unpaved back roads and winding woodland paths than in any place where concrete, asphalt and crowds prevail.

Why does my blood run wild?

I am as much a scientist as I am a black man. My skin defines me no more than my heart does. But somehow my color often casts my love affair with nature and shadow.