How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creatures /
Imbler, Sabrina,
How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creatures / Life in ten sea creatures. Sabrina Imbler ; with illustrations by Simon Ban. - First edition. - New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. - viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-263)
If you flush a goldfish -- My mother and the starving octopus -- My grandmother and the sturgeon -- How to draw a sperm whale -- Pure life -- Beware the sand striker -- Hybrids -- We swarm -- Morphing like a cuttlefish -- Us everlasting.
"A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to creatures living in hostile or remote environments. Each essay in their debut collection profiles one such creature: the mother octopus who starves herself while watching over her eggs, the Chinese sturgeon whose migration route has been decimated by pollution and dams, the bizarre Bobbitt worm (named after Lorena), and other uncanny creatures lurking in the deep ocean, far below where the light reaches. Exploring themes of adaptation, survival, sexuality, and care, and weaving the wonders of marine biology with stories of their own family, relationships, and coming of age, How Far the Light Reaches is a book that invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live." --book jacket.
0316540536 9780316540537
bl2022036690
Imbler, Sabrina.
Deep-sea animals.
Essays.
LGBTQ+ people--United States--Biography.
Science writers--United States--Biography.
QL121 / .I47 2022
591.77/9 578.77
How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creatures / Life in ten sea creatures. Sabrina Imbler ; with illustrations by Simon Ban. - First edition. - New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. - viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-263)
If you flush a goldfish -- My mother and the starving octopus -- My grandmother and the sturgeon -- How to draw a sperm whale -- Pure life -- Beware the sand striker -- Hybrids -- We swarm -- Morphing like a cuttlefish -- Us everlasting.
"A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to creatures living in hostile or remote environments. Each essay in their debut collection profiles one such creature: the mother octopus who starves herself while watching over her eggs, the Chinese sturgeon whose migration route has been decimated by pollution and dams, the bizarre Bobbitt worm (named after Lorena), and other uncanny creatures lurking in the deep ocean, far below where the light reaches. Exploring themes of adaptation, survival, sexuality, and care, and weaving the wonders of marine biology with stories of their own family, relationships, and coming of age, How Far the Light Reaches is a book that invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live." --book jacket.
0316540536 9780316540537
bl2022036690
Imbler, Sabrina.
Deep-sea animals.
Essays.
LGBTQ+ people--United States--Biography.
Science writers--United States--Biography.
QL121 / .I47 2022
591.77/9 578.77