A review by r_lumbrix
Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts by J. Drew Lanham

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

It’s rare for me to read a book of poetry cover-to-cover, but this book allows you no other option. Once you begin, you are IN the forest, in the swamp, in the experience of being a Black birder in the American South. These poems are by turns praise hymns, prayers, protest anthems. JDL’s writing is reminiscent of Ross Gay and Mary Oliver, and his love of nature absolutely gushes from every page. This book is not to be missed.