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Join us for an evening of seaside tales and "wine" down with stories of ocean adventure!
The first book selected is a collection of sea life essays by Sabrina Embler 
"How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In Ten Sea Creatures"
Essay #2 "My Mother and the Starving Octopus" 
Each month we will read a new story and compare notes.

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Support Zen4Blue in style with a logo wine glass as we discuss various fun topics in marine literature. Your $40 donation makes marine careers possible for everyone!
Includes Book, Logo Wine Glass and Logo Tote

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Join us for a VIRTUAL evening of seaside tales and "wine" down with stories of ocean adventure!The first book selected is a collection of sea life essays by Sabrina Embler "How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In Ten Sea Creatures" Each month we will read and discuss one essay from this marvelous marine collection Essay #2 "My Mother and the Starving Octopus" February 26,<strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> 2025. From the Author's Bio and online promotional content: A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live (Ed Yong, author of An Immense World). 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. <p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.75rem 0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.3;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%">Imbler discovers that some of the most radical models of family, community, and care can be found in the sea, from gelatinous chains that are both individual organisms and colonies of clones to deep-sea crabs that have no need for the sun, nourished instead by the chemicals and heat throbbing from the core of the Earth. 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 shimmering, otherworldly debut that attunes us to new visions of our world and its miracles.  <p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.75rem 0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.3;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%">WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE in SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.75rem 0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.3;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%">Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award One of TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year •  A PEOPLE Best New Book  •  A Barnes & Noble and SHELF AWARENESS Best Book of 2022  •  An Indie Next Pick  •  One of Winter’s Most Eagerly Anticipated Books: VANITY FAIR, VULTURE, BOOKRIOT

Join us for a VIRTUAL evening of seaside tales and "wine" down with stories of ocean adventure!The first book selected is a collection of sea life essays by Sabrina Embler "How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In Ten Sea Creatures" Each month we will read and discuss one essay from this marvelous marine collection Essay #2 "My Mother and the Starving Octopus" February 26, 2025. From the Author's Bio and online promotional content: A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live (Ed Yong, author of An Immense World). 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. <p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.75rem 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.3;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;max-width:100%">Imbler discovers that some of the most radical models of family, community, and care can be found in the sea, from gelatinous chains that are both individual organisms and colonies of clones to deep-sea crabs that have no need for the sun, nourished instead by the chemicals and heat throbbing from the core of the Earth. 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 shimmering, otherworldly debut that attunes us to new visions of our world and its miracles.  <p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.75rem 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.3;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;max-width:100%">WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE in SCIENCE &amp; TECHNOLOGY<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.75rem 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.3;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;max-width:100%">Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award One of TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year •  A PEOPLE Best New Book  •  A Barnes &amp; Noble and SHELF AWARENESS Best Book of 2022  •  An Indie Next Pick  •  One of Winter’s Most Eagerly Anticipated Books: VANITY FAIR, VULTURE, BOOKRIOT

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Essay #2 Seaside Tales Virtual Zen4Blue Book Club

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