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Author:
Sabrina Imbler
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Date:
December 6, 2022
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.
What The Reviewers Say
Braided through the fascinating account...is Imbler’s own narrative.
Imbler mixes careful fragments of biography with selected bits of marine science to produce a unique and powerful debut, an alluring series of metaphors to describe what it means to be young and trans.
A writer with penchant for lyrical, almost poetic prose as well as a science journalist, Imbler’s hybrid approach of embedding science and reportage in personal narratives and queer storytelling gives them a singular, striking voice.
It is refreshing to be invited into the crafting of a narrative, to see how one can build upon a literature while acknowledging the need to move past it.
