In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
Books can turn up in your life when you need them. What does the resurgent popularity of a dystopian novel say about modern ...
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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, “The Parable of the Sower” is especially notable since Butler, who died in 2006, was born in Pasadena. A middle school there bears her name.
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A visit to a lab of the future, tucked away in Downtown LA
In 1993, sci-fi writer Octavia Butler published her groundbreaking dystopian novel Parable of the Sower, which is set in the year 2025 in a Los Angeles suburb that is plagued by gun violence, ...
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'Her work asks us to confront the cycles of oppression and resilience': Octavia E. Butler’s enduring influence on artists
Shaper of God, an exhibition by American Artist at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works art centre, is the culmination of a four-year project inspired by the life and work of Octavia E. Butler. The show’s ...
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Octavia E. Butler Library Science Fiction Festival Returns
The Octavia E. Butler Library Science Fiction Festival will return on March 21 from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. By Festival highlights ...
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American Artist’s Love Letter to Octavia E. Butler
Artist’s exhibition reads in part as a much-needed love letter to Butler. Spread across the spacious red brick building are architectural, archival, and screen-based installations that address ...