In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ...
In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...
The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...
As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...
Since the fires began, Butler's works have been cited for anticipating a world - and, particularly, a Los Angeles - wracked ...
The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a ...
In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
Many have called the science fiction author a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her fans see a deeper meaning ...
Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.
Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up ...