J. Drew Lanham Reading and Book Signing

The Jackson County Public Library and City Lights Bookstore will host an evening with J. Drew Lanham on Thursday, October 30th at 6pm. Reading & book signing will be held in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library.

J. Drew Lanham is the author of Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves, Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, and The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature. 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.

Books will be available for purchase at the program from City Lights Bookstore. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of the Fontana Regional Library. For more information please call the library at 828-586-2016.

You may also like the following events from Jackson County Public Library:

• This Tuesday, 28th October, 06:00 pm, Spice Appreciation Club: Pumpkin Spice in Sylva
• This Thursday, 30th October, 05:00 pm, Adult Craft Corner: Spook-tacular Tins in Sylva
• Next Saturday, 8th November, 03:00 pm, Creating Community: Basic Bookmaking with Emma in Sylva

Also check out other Arts events in Sylva, Literary Art events in Sylva.