Today, Grand Central Publishing and the Octavia E.

Acorn: A Rejuvenating Activity Kit created by the Octavia E. Butler Literary Society. Inspired by Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998)

Butler's third novel, out of print for almost 50 years, seems to be coming back into print later this year

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A Year in Review for the Octavia E. Butler Literary Society

Helena Ramsaroop Octavia E. Butler passed away nearly twenty years ago, but her legacy lives on in every reader she touched with her words. She is often regarded as one of the most important writer…

​Ed Chang

The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a fiction writer.

This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed and 5 schools burned to ash.