Before city councils, in letters to bodies that set building codes and architectural guidelines, arguments must be about wasted energy, safety, and health; but the heart of the Dark Skies movement is aesthetic and spiritual, and it is those dimensions that are articulated here by poets, nature writers, environmental scientists and activists, and others. The 29 essays cover spirit, the sky and stars, imagination and story, the place we live half our life, and our animal body. There is no index. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)