It’s out! Thank you to this year’s The Best American Science and Nature Writing editor Sy Montgomery for selecting “The Fading Stars: A Constellation” for the anthology. The essay was originally published in Lapham’s Quarterly‘s Winter 2019 NIGHT issue. ThanIt’s out! Thank you to this year’s The Best American Science and Nature Writing editor Sy Montgomery for selecting “The Fading Stars: A Constellation” for the anthology. ks to my lucky stars, and to darkness.