John Waldman is Professor of Biology at Queens College, City University of New York. He is recipient of the New York Society Library Award in Natural History and the Norcross Wildlife Conservation Award and is an occasional contributor to the New York Times and other periodicals.

Still the Same Hawk is a collection of original works by some of the best thinkers on urban nature. The book is focused on a phenomenon of widespread interest-urban nature-but as seen through the eyes of present or someday famous prose poets writing about America's most prominent city.