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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ... and spent much of her life in Southern ...
Pasadena Star-News on MSN11d
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 ...
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Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In “Parable Of The Sower”
Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles ... and spent most of her life in Southern California before relocating to the Seattle suburbs. Her legacy continues to be tied to her ...
Hyperallergic9d
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 ...
The Art Newspaper27d
'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 ...
Los Angeles Daily News11d
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.