Lamp-bearers,
in the long dark.
The third issue of Foreword arrives at night. We have walked, this season, a little further ahead than we are used to walking, and the ground beneath our feet has been less steady than we hoped. The pieces gathered here are not predictions. They are notes from the lamp.
In I, an editor's note on the practice of walking ahead. In II, a long essay on the lamp and the field — what it means to illuminate without claiming to see the whole. III is a working glossary of words we keep reaching for. IV brings dispatches from the Observatory. V is three unsent letters, included anyway. VI is a reading list for the long dark.
- I. On walking a little ahead 02
- II. The lamp and the field 08
- III. Foreglow: a working glossary 22
- IV. Notes from the Observatory 38
- V. Three letters, unsent 54
- VI. A reading list for the long dark 66