In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...
The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...
The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
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 ...
The grave of renowned writer Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable of the Sower eerily envisioned fires consuming Los Angeles, ...
Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.
Octavia's Bookshelf, a Black-owned bookstore named after Octavia Butler, has transformed into a donation hub for LA fire ...
Although Butler passed away in 2006, her Parable of the Sower, " a speculative novel predicted the hell that's 2025.
The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...
For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined ...