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What Octavia Butler saw on Feb. 1, 2025, three decades ago
Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of ...
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American Artist builds on author Octavia Butler’s prescient, dystopian vision
In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...
Altadena’s Black population was shrinking even before the fires. What happens next?
According to a UCLA study, Black residents in Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton ...
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What We Can Learn From Octavia Butler in Times of Chaos
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ...
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JEALOUS: In Fire’s Wake, a Community Comes Together to Prevent Future Disasters
Discover how the community of Pasadena is coming together to rebuild and combat the climate crisis, inspired by their faith and commitment to the environment.
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After fires, LA students yearn to get back to school, and a normal life
The historic fires in Los Angeles meant many students lost homes, schools, or both. Now, as some schools reopen, families are ...
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Lessons for the End of the World
People are not incorrect about Octavia Butler predicting the future ... The cemetery in Altadena where Butler is buried caught fire, though her actual grave remains. My copy of “Black Judgement ...
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After fires, LA students yearn to get back to school, and a normal life
whose daughter Indie goes to Octavia E. Butler Magnet. As part of a multi-ethnic family, she says it was important to raise her children in a community as diverse as Altadena, and to send them to ...