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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12 books that demonstrate women’s leadership on climate
From explorations of motherhood to climate fiction, women are setting the tone in climate literature and action.
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'Her work asks us to confront the cycles of oppression and resilience': Octavia E. Butler’s enduring influence on artists
Butler. The show’s title is taken from a religious text written by Lauren Oya Olamina, the protagonist of Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower Photo: Dan Bradica; Courtesy of American ...
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From Parables to Indie Films: How Biblical Prophets Inspire Modern Change
Biblical Prophets have many lessons for today's storytellers and in particular to independent filmmakers weaving sen.
Washington Post paperback bestsellers
1 FUNNY STORY (Berkley, $19). By Emily Henry. Daphne, whose ex-fiancé, Peter, left her for another woman, agrees to be ...
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What's on your bookshelf?: Last Call, Tacoma, and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage's Nina Freeman
This week, it's Last Call, Tacoma, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, and loads more 's Nina Freeman! Cheers Nina! Mind if we have a ...
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A Book for a Country on Fire
The first book, Parable of the Sower, begins in July 2024 in a fictional suburb of Los Angeles based on the real city of Altadena (a historic Black community which recently burned down in the ...