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How far does the light reach? Right into your heart. What is a life in ten sea creatures? It's sweaty bodies at a gay club, it's a swarm of queers on a beach, it's reckoning with the ugliness and the beauty of your past. It's a stranded humpback whale, it's the unrelenting pressure of the dark, it's the feeling of being "unsuspecting" in a world much bigger than you.

HOW FAR THE LIGHT REACHES is a masterclass in connection—seeking it through relationships with others, or finding it between one's human life and that of the sand striker. Sabrina Imbler balances scientific fascination with careful observation of their own experiences, and it results in something close to perfect.