Tamara Dean

Tamara Dean has written for Orion magazine and The Southern Review, among other publications. The author of the book The Human-Powered Home, she lives in Viola, Wisconsin. Her essay “Slow Blues,” published in the Autumn 2020 issue of the Scholar, was a National Magazine Award finalist.

Night Vision

On finding comfort and purpose in the dark

By Tamara Dean | Thursday June 22, 2023

Safer Than Childbirth

Abortion in the 19th century was widely accepted as a means of avoiding the risks of pregnancy

By Tamara Dean | Friday March 4, 2022

Slow Blues

On confronting the wonder and terror of nature

By Tamara Dean | Thursday November 12, 2020

Good Neighbors

When beavers came between us and a farmer down the road, we knew something more was at stake

By Tamara Dean | Monday December 5, 2016

Blowdown

When a tornado tears through a beloved landscape, is it possible to just let nature heal itself?

By Tamara Dean | Wednesday September 1, 2010

Night Vision

By Tamara Dean | Thursday June 22, 2023

Safer Than Childbirth

By Tamara Dean | Friday March 4, 2022

Slow Blues

By Tamara Dean | Thursday November 12, 2020

Good Neighbors

By Tamara Dean | Monday December 5, 2016

Blowdown

By Tamara Dean | Wednesday September 1, 2010

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