In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...
In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...
The late historian and author examines the relationship between natural disasters and social injustice and how Los Angeles is viewed in the media. “Parable of the Sower,” by Octavia E. Butler ...
The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ...
The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...
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 ...
Octavia's Bookshelf, a Black-owned bookstore named after Octavia Butler, has transformed into a donation hub for LA fire ...
LOS ANGELES — Nearly 40,000 acres have burned ... 2020 pandemic inspired her to open her own bookstore in her and Octavia E. Butler’s hometown. “I wanted to create something that didn ...
The grave of renowned writer Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable of the Sower eerily envisioned fires consuming Los Angeles, ...
Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate ...