These select works are presented in chronological order by publication date. Find more articles, essays, and reviews by Erik Esckilsen in Seven Days.
“Icebreaker”
Coach Meghan Sweezey Carves Out Space for Girls and Women in Vermont Hockey
Seven Days, Feb 19-25, 2025
“Well Played”
At 99, Bill Blachly looks back on 40 years of Unadilla Theatre
Seven Days, July 12, 2023
“A Stone’s Throw”
Vermonters Sweep Into Québec’s Curling Scene
Seven Days, March 1, 2023
“Bend It Like Bhabha: Videogame Development as Third Space”
Journal of Media Education, April 2021
“Cold Comfort”
A dad reflects on his annual tradition of building a backyard ice rink
Seven Days, November 13, 2019
“Bernie Sanders and the Pothole Bandit”
Reflecting on a time when then–Burlington, Vermont, Mayor Bernie Sanders, Chief of Police Kevin Scully, and the whole community played along with a prank pertaining to potholes.
Seven Days, July 1, 2015
(This story includes a short video (below) and a story map and sparked several other versions of the story, one in podcast form scored with an original song and another on Medium by filmmaker and media educator Bill Simmon.)
Cosmoplastic 