You never expect it. As a journalist covering climate disasters and other news, I have always been on the outside, reporting ...

The 5000 Black Afro-Futurist Series brings together creatives in Charleston SC to imagine a future where the African Diaspora ...

Like many people, Woodson has seen parallels between the late Octavia Butler’s writings and current ... Whether you are a writer, journalist, visual artist, poet, thespian, musician, cook ...

The best way to start off your month during the colder months is a trip to Downtown Binghamton with the First Friday Art Walk.

Like many people, Woodson has seen parallels between the late Octavia Butler’s writings and current events ... Whether you are a writer, journalist, visual artist, poet, thespian, musician, cook, or ...

Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of ...

As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's ...

The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...

Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up, dystopian tales of an alternate universe. You know, on some “War ...

The grave of renowned writer Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable of the Sower eerily envisioned fires consuming Los Angeles, ...

Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting ...

ALTADENA, Calif. -- Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...