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 change, racism and ...

Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.

The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...

Butler's work has resurfaced for its depictions of the future seemingly coming to life. The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable Of The Sower imagined fires engulfing Los Angeles ...

The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...

Her works were both seemingly personal ... where Butler grew up — was a beautiful mountain area made up of working class hikers, horses and cowboys, and small businesses like Octavia’s ...

Although Butler passed away in 2006, her Parable of the Sower, " a speculative novel predicted the hell that's 2025.

Octavia's Bookshelf, a Black-owned bookstore named after Octavia Butler, has transformed into a donation hub for LA fire ...

Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined ... woman author of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving ...

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did ...