Broadway and Forty-Fourth Street, New York City, 1919. The Museum of the City of New York / Art Resource, NY.

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After Dark

By Francine Prose

The art of life at night—and in new lights.

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The Fall of Night

By Anne Boyer

What happens after the sun goes down.

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Nocturnal Howling

By Philippe Petit

Night escapes definition, but it terrifies nonetheless. A tour of the terror and joys of the darkness.

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Night, by Battista Dossi, 1544. © bpk Bildagentur / Art Resource, NY.

The Fading Stars: A Constellation

By Holly Haworth

How the new astronomy obscured the traditional night sky.

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The Hero of a Thousand Dreams

By John Crowley

A reconsideration of Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland.

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