Groundswell Oceanic New York (ed. Steve Mentz, Punctum Books, 2016) “Terri’s work is local and her outlook enormous; her perspective—a manifesto, a reproach, a call for practical resistance—deserves to stand on its own terms, and to be engaged with. It belongs amidst the groundswell of unlikely coalitions trying to occupy the shores, claiming them not from the ocean, but from those who would crush dissent, inspiration, and community. What a writer can do is steal space in other people’s books to highlight those efforts.” Back to Essays & Stories cover illustration: Marina Zurkow