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Our TALK Book Discussion group meets on th e third Wednesday of each month. In May we'll discuss The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man&rsquo\;s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham. \;Email talk@tscpl.org \;to sign out a copy of the book or for more information. Register for Zoom link\, or attend in person at the library. Sponsored by Humanities Kansas.

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More about The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man&rsquo\;s Love Affair with Nature by J . Drew Lanham

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Growing up in Edgefield County\, South Carolina\, yo ung Drew Lanham fell in love with the rich natural world around him. &ldqu o\;There are still priceless places where nature hangs on by tooth\, talon \, and tendril.&rdquo\; The Lanham &ldquo\;Home Place&rdquo\; held three w orlds: his family&rsquo\;s 1970s ranch house\; his Mamatha&rsquo\;s ramsha ckle\, tin-roofed Depression-era Southern home\; and a world of wildlife i n between. Exploring this fecundity of plants and animals as he learned bo th his parents&rsquo\; pragmatic and his grandmother&rsquo\;s old-fashione d ways\, Lanham developed a keen love for the more-than-human world. \ ;

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