Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares the pain of others. Lauren lives with this burden ...

Octavia Butler used to say she remembers exactly when she decided to become a science fiction writer. She was 9 years old and saw a 1954 B-movie called Devil Girl from Mars, and two things struck her.

LAist recently reported a story about the Pasadena middle school Octavia E. Butler once attended— and that now bears her name— and has these recommendations from the adults— and more importantly, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As with many people who have recently re-read Butler’s work—and a new literary ...

Young people who have read Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel say it’s not only prescient, but also carries lessons for today. Imminent drought, rising sea waters, destructive borders, a vanishing middle ...

On July 20, 2024, Lauren Olamina turned 15. Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares the ...

In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal, mid-2020s Southern California ravaged by wildfire, earthquakes and an addictive pharmaceutical that fuels a destructive drug ...

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"Positive Obsession" is a beautiful biography of Butler that not only explores her work, but also the key historical and social moments that shaped it — and the literary styles Butler herself inspired ...

Reading Gerry Canavan’s “Octavia E. Butler” is like opening up a second screen on this great American writer. Not only does Canavan explicate the sources, patterns and preoccupations of Butler’s ...