TESS
GRUENBERG






Tess Gruenberg (b.1994, NYC) is a writer and creative strategist whose lyrical, philosophical approach to storytelling has appeared in Flaunt, Dazed, Beauty Papers, and OFFAL.

From 2018 to 2021, she served as assistant editor at Good Trouble, where she authored and edited over thirty features, conducting intimate interviews across culture, politics, and the arts. Her writing weaves together personal narrative with broader cultural critique, creating pieces that are both deeply researched and poetically rendered. She has since collaborated with artists including Paul Graves, Simons Finnerty, and Barry Yusufu on exhibition texts.

She lives on Patmos, where she runs éla! farm + kitchen—an experimental hospitality project focused on local agriculture, rare wine, and performance.
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Tess Gruenberg (b.1994, NYC) is a writer and creative strategist whose lyrical, philosophical approach to storytelling has appeared in Flaunt, Dazed, Beauty Papers, and OFFAL.

From 2018 to 2021, she served as assistant editor at Good Trouble, where she authored and edited over thirty features, conducting intimate interviews across culture, politics, and the arts. Her writing weaves together personal narrative with broader cultural critique, creating pieces that are both deeply researched and poetically rendered. She has since collaborated with artists including Paul Graves, Simons Finnerty, and Barry Yusufu on exhibition texts.

She lives on Patmos, where she runs éla! farm + kitchen—an experimental hospitality project focused on local agriculture, rare wine, and performance.


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“My Summer with Anarchists”
Good Trouble Digital, 2018

“At L, straight lines do not exist, everything dances. Mountains cradle the forested land. The air hangs low, and tastes like butter if you’re hungry enough. A, the eldest of the cousins, is a permaculturist and an ally to the earth. A wakes with the sun, his hard-working hands as stubborn as his mind. K is a social activist who can charm anyone she wishes. When she speaks, she sings, her voice as alluring as her ideas. Together, they drew bodies and minds from different corners of the world – activists, artists, writers, musicians and farmers, their minds exhausted yet still hopeful after years fighting an oppressive and conundrum-laden system.”
© TESS GRUENBERG 2023