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.

Throughout history, readers have turned to Black literature for escape, understanding and inspiration, with the works of W.E.B. DuBois, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler and other writers serving as a ...

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 ...