Acquainted with the Night : An Hour by Hour Celebration of the Art, Science, and Culture of Nighttime

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Summary: Gorgeous writing; inelligent and full of poetry.
Review: As a night owl and poetry-lover, I was intrigued by the title alone. Dewdney's writing is gorgeous: at turns it's funny, poignant, and illuminating. It's easy to tell the writer is a poet. At the same time, it's full of fascinating trivia and pieces of knowledge, covering history, physics, literature, astronomy, psychology, and philosophy.