What the Light is Hiding with Author Tamara Dean

Long before modern Dark Sky initiatives, some Wisconsinites resisted the electric lights that promised to ruin their nighttime freedom and ease among shadows. Based on Dean s essay Night Vision from her book, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, this presentation explores rural electrification and night vision technology through the fascinating stories of nonconformists who over the past century have embraced or sought to conquer the darkness. *Copies of the book will be available for purchase after the presentation* Presenter bio: Tamara Dean s latest book, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless (University of Minnesota Press, 2025), invites readers to step into the Driftless Area and consider how we tend the earth in times of uncertainty, what we owe our neighbors, and ways we thrive in community. Her award winning essays and stories have appeared in The American Scholar, The Georgia Review, the Guardian, One Story, Orion, The Southern Review, STORY Magazine, and elsewhere. She teaches workshops through writers.com, Madison Writers Studio and other writing centers across the nation. More at www.tamaradean.media. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25544