The LA central library’s Octavia Lab provides free access to recording studios, 3D printers, video editing software. All you ...

Octavia Butler's prescient novels offer a roadmap for survival in our changing world. Discover how her Afrofuturist works inspire hope and action.

the protagonist of Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower Photo: Dan Bradica; Courtesy of American Artist and Pioneer Works Octavia E. Butler’s writing has never been more relevant.

I will start by saying something nice about Parable Of The Sower, which is that it really is as prescient as advertised. So ...

Altadena resident Nikki High opened Octavia’s Bookshelf in February 2023, inspired by the author. “People miss the blueprint of hope [Butler] wrote in Parable of the Sower.” It was with that ...

Currently underway live from the Pasadena Civic Center, this year’s NAACP Image Awards is putting a spotlight on Altadena ...

In “Parable of the Sower,” Lauren is a fifteen-year-old ... People are not incorrect about Octavia Butler predicting the future, but they’re not always clear about what kind of future ...

The staff of Chapter One Book Store share books we love, books that bent our minds, books that illuminated our souls and the ...

The West Coast is on fire. Sea level rise is slowly eating away at our shores, and record-breaking floods have come for the Midwestern states. Wealth ...