A review by cheezvshcrvst
Feral City: On Finding Liberation in Lockdown New York by Jeremiah Moss

5.0

Fierce, important, and true. In a world of debate over facts and subjectivity, Feral City provides a firsthand source as well as a loose chronology of the brief retaking of New York City by New Yorkers. There is a grief communicated here so deeply that it is felt in every turn of the page, as well as a celebration of the connection and aliveness that New Yorkers felt in the midst of so much death and destruction. If Moss could be faulted for anything, it’s for naked optimism for a better future that replaces hypernormativity, neoliberalism and the police state, with a weird and vibrant today (not Tomorrow) that shares space and awareness with Others and with everyone and everything in this city. And you could almost fault Moss for believing in what this city showed us all it was: a safe space for the many that fight and struggle and survive to create and love and endure in wild and brutal expressions of themselves and life. We can have more for witnessing the less and the lack, and feral New York City proved that. They should be scared of us: these are our streets, this is our city, and we will not accept their “normal.” Feral City is a wonderful tribute and testimony to how true this is and how true it will continue to be in the struggles to come.