I think place and making are two of the things I’ve tried to bridge. I’ve learned this at ESF; the students helped me bridge the materiality of the world and the spirit of its inhabitants. It’s that interior/exterior sort of thing. —Patrick Lawler

Welcome to the new issue of Unearthed. This issue includes work from twenty-two contributors (listed below, and whose work follows in the threads below). Their ages and occupations vary, but their work all does something similar: it unearths. Throughout these pages, you will find poetry, photographs, artwork, film, and essays, each of which calls our attention to the charge of what Patrick Lawler (interviewed in this issue), calls “that interior/exterior sort of thing.” The place at which inquiry becomes a light, unraveling a finer line, gripping a flicker, surfacing. You can find the work of the artists and photographers featured here in their own links, but their work also supports much of the text from the writers who light up this issue (and on the tabs bar of our home page).

Please enjoy all the excellent work from this issue. We look forward to coming back fresh again in May. Special thanks goes out to Joel Shaw, from the Office of Communications and Marketing at SUNY-ESF, for his layout support and engagement.

Cheers, Tyler Flynn Dorholt

Managing Editor