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My Life in Sea Creatures
A young queer science writerβs reflections on identity and the ocean
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A young queer science writer on some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they can teach us about human empathy and survival. Join science journalist Sabrina Imbler on an astonishing journey which will completely redefine the way you think about nature and the ocean. 'An...
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A young queer science writer on some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they can teach us about human empathy and survival.
Join science journalist Sabrina Imbler on an astonishing journey which will completely redefine the way you think about nature and the ocean.
'An astonishing debut' GUARDIAN
'Reveals just as much about our fascinating, mysterious world as it does about our fascinating, mysterious selves' NEW YORK TIMES
In My Life in Sea Creatures, we encounter the mother octopus, starving herself while watching over her eggs; the yeti crab, thriving in crushing pressure and oppressive darkness; the cuttlefish, able to change its appearance in a fraction of a second; and many other creatures lurking in the depths of the ocean.
Imbler's work weaves the wonders of marine biology with their own identity as a queer, non-binary mixed-race writer. They implicitly connect endangered sea life to marginalised human communities and shatter our preconceptions about the sea and what it means to survive.
'A miraculous, transcendental book' ED YONG
'Profound, surprising and thrillingly strange. I love it' SY MONTGOMERY
'Astounding' PHILIP HOARE
'A revelation' ISABELLA TREE
LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529922769
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 August 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 194g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Sabrina Imbler is a writer and science journalist living in Brooklyn. Their chapbook Dyke (geology), was published by Black Lawrence Press, and was selected for the National Book Foundation Science + Literature Program. They are a staff writer for Defector, a worker-owned site, where they cover creatures and the natural world. Their essays and reporting have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Catapult and Sierra, among other publications.
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