I AM THANKFUL FOR THE ocean, from which life springs. I am thankful for the ancestors, who lived, which is all any of us can do. And I am thankful for our vast human history, wide and various enough that there are legacies of triumph for every legacy of trauma. Everything is always changing, which means nothing can ever be hopeless. The battering rush of tides shapes and smooths rock, carves out new lands.
I am one person in a great network of people who made The Deep possible. It could not have happened without Navah, who dreamed up this seed and trusted me with its nurturing. All books are collaborative efforts, but this book more than average. Without the permission and support of clipping. to use their profoundly powerful sound “The Deep,” this text would not exist.
Thank you to my agent Laura, who always has my interests at heart, who calms my anxieties, who roots for me. Thank you to my partner, who is an editor, a support group, and a damn fine human all in one. To Bunny, who is my dearest friend and keeps me alive. To my mother, who is always there. To my grandmother, who is no longer here, but who is still always there. To Johnny, Susannah, Ibrahim, Johanna, Alice, and Aaron at Akashic Books, who published my very first book, who took an incredible leap of faith on me, without whom this second book would not exist.