Christina Rivera -- "My Oceans," with BK Loren
Category: Literary
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Apr 10, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Christina Rivera will speak about and sign her new book, "My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women," on Thursday, April 10th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. She will be in conversation with BK Loren for this special event. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
In a swell of sea-linked essays, Christina Rivera explores the kinship between marine animals, humans, and Earth’s blue womb. Rivera’s investigative questions begin with the toxic burden of her body and spiral out—to a grieving orca, a hunted manta ray, a pregnant sea turtle, a spawning salmon, an “endling” porpoise, and the “mother culture” of sperm whales—as she redefines what it means to mother and defend a collective future.
Braiding memoir with embodied climate science, Rivera challenges that it’s not anthropomorphism to feel deep connection to nonhuman species and proposes that gathering in collective grief is essential amid the sixth mass extinction. For ecofeminists, fans of Rachel Carson and Terry Tempest Williams—and for anyone who feels themself disintegrate in the presence of the sea—"My Oceans" offers a timely and wondrous descent into the deep waters of interconnection in which we swim.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of "My Oceans," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
