Anne McCrary Sullivan is author or co-author of four books, three of which focus on the Everglades, including Ecology II: Throat Song from the Everglades and The Everglades: Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness (Pineapple Press), written with Holly Genzen. McCrary Sullivan is an AIRIE (Artist in Residence in Everglades) Fellow, a Florida Master Naturalist, a wilderness paddler, a Fulbright Scholar, professor emerita of National Louis University, and a graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Her newest book is Learning Calabar: Notes from a Poet’s Year in Nigeria. In The Everglades: Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness, we hear 21 tales from people who have ventured into it – for scientific work, search-and-rescue missions, artistic work, personal renewal, or just for adventure. We find stories of manatee rescue, shark encounters, and wild beauty.