Why it’s time for Octavia E. Butler and the ‘Parables’ at The Huntington
In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal, mid-2020s Southern California ravaged by wildfire, ...
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How Black female science fiction and fantasy writers are upending the narrative
Octavia Butler, who died in 2006, once said of "The Parable of the Sower," her celebrated 1993 novel about a woman who feels others' pain, "I began writing the book with the thought that maybe ...
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8 Essential Octavia Butler Books Everyone Should Read.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Octavia Butler, a trailblazer in the ... continue to resonate with readers across generations. Butler’s ...
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In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
The brisk sales of Octavia Butler’s ninth novel ... For me, apart from just enjoying her writing, and I’m throwing the word enjoying broadly because a lot of it is bleak, just the lesson ...
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Why it’s time for Octavia E. Butler and the ‘Parables’ at The Huntington
In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal ... on the topic a little later in the piece: “Of course, writing novels about the future doesn’t give me any special ...