Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves: social geographies of birds as emancipation narratives

Acclaimed poet/writer J. Drew Lanhan intersects birding with Black emancipation narratives. Seeking abstracts of 200-250 words mixing bird ecologies, social geographies, and emancipation joy narratives, especially around Lanham's work.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 20, 2026

Craig Saper, University of Maryland Baltimore County (csaper@umbc.edu ) Cari Godin, UMBC (ccgodin@umbc.edu )