fields is designed to spotlight writers, musicians, poets, painters, illustrators, and creative types of all stripes, with an emphasis on the up-and-coming and the unsung. We are interested in the everyday people who create and write and make and express themselves in multitudinous ways. fields is about the idiosyncratic pursuits that occupy our time and enrich our lives. Our articles, interviews, and essays are an exploration and celebration of the means by which the human spirit manifests itself.