I will start by saying something nice about Parable Of The Sower, which is that it really is as prescient as advertised. So ...

Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles ... in American society with unsettling accuracy. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, written in 1993 and set in a post-apocalyptic Los ...

The LA central library’s Octavia Lab provides free access to recording studios, 3D printers, video editing software. All you ...

Octavia Butler's prescient novels offer a roadmap for survival in our changing world. Discover how her Afrofuturist works inspire hope and action.

the protagonist of Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower Photo: Dan Bradica; Courtesy of American Artist and Pioneer Works Octavia E. Butler’s writing has never been more relevant.

Altadena resident Nikki High opened Octavia’s Bookshelf in February 2023, inspired by the author. “People miss the blueprint of hope [Butler] wrote in Parable of the Sower.” It was with that ...

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 ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined ... Since the fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Butler works have been cited for anticipating a world ...

Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due are leaning into Butler’s Afrofuturistic vision to save hearts “in the midst of stress.” By Aaron Foley In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler ...