{"product_id":"joy-is-the-justice-we-give-ourselves-9798885740302","title":"Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur \"Genius\" Grant recipient and author of \u003cem\u003eSparrow Envy: A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a sensuous new collection in his signature mix of poetry and prose.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn gorgeous and timely pieces, \u003cem\u003eJoy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves\u003c\/em\u003e is a lush journey into wildness and Black being. Lanham notices nature through seasonal shifts, societal unrest, and deeply personal reflection and traces a path from bitter history to the present predicament. Drawing canny connections between the precarity of nature and the long arm of racism, the collection offers reconciliation and eco-reparation as hopeful destinations from our current climate of division. In\u003cem\u003e Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves\u003c\/em\u003e, Lanham mines the deep connection to ancestors through the living world and tunes his unique voice toward embracing the radical act of joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Drew Lanham\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received a MacArthur \"Genius\" Grant as well as the Dan W. Lufkin Conservation Award (National Audubon Society), the Rosa Parks and Grace Lee Boggs Outstanding Service Award (North American Association for Environmental Education), and the E. O. Wilson Award for Outstanding Science in Biodiversity Conservation (Center for Biological Diversity). He served as the Poet Laureate of Edgefield, South Carolina in 2022. He is a bird watcher, poet, and Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University. He lives in Seneca, South Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hub City Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591311364370,"sku":"9798885740302","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2e91790-28e2-4f7f-9919-3e6675ef9275.jpg?v=1732089277","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joy-is-the-justice-we-give-ourselves-9798885740302","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}