In Conversation with Dr. Drew Lanham

In late April, I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Dr. Drew Lanham— birder, naturalist, hunter-conservationist, professor, poet, writer, and all-around inspiring human. He’s also the author of two excellent books that I recommended in my March-April book recommendations email: The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature and the brand new Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts.

This interview was a keynote for Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s 2021 Partners in the Outdoors conference, and Dr. Lanham and I had a great discussion about everything from birds to family, from current social issues to frameworks for evaluating the past.

And here’s a “visual map” of our conversation that I thought was super-cool and unique.