My Life in Sea Creatures: A young queer science writer’s reflections on identity and the ocean - Couverture rigide

Imbler, Sabrina

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 178474395X ISBN 13 : 9781784743956

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 2022

Synopsis

***AMAZON BEST BOOK OF DECEMBER***
***A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR***
***LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER***

A young queer science writer on some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they can teach us about human empathy and survival

'A miraculous, transcendental book' ED YONG
'An astonishing debut' GUARDIAN

As a mixed Chinese and white non-binary writer working in a largely white, male field, science 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. Imbler's debut weaves the wonders of marine biology with stories of their own family and coming of age, implicitly connecting endangered sea life to marginalised human communities and asking how they and we adapt, survive and care for each other.

This far-reaching, unique collection shatters our preconceptions about the sea and what it means to survive.

'Astounding' PHILIP HOARE
'A revelation' ISABELLA TREE

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sabrina Imbler is a writer and science journalist living in Brooklyn. Their first chapbook, Dyke (geology) was published by Black Lawrence Press, and they have received numerous fellowships and scholarships in the US, including from the Asian American Writers' Workshop and Tin House. They are the recipient of the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for young science journalists, and their essays and reporting have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Catapult, and Sierra, among other publications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178474395X
• ISBN 13: 9781784743956
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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