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An Antidote to a Season of Political Despair
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA group of strangers came together to form a choir for the opera adaptation of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower—and found more than they expected.
How Octavia Butler inspired a pathbreaking Black-owned Pasadena bookstore
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNikki High is taking a big leap with Octavia's Bookshelf in Pasadena. She's had her moments of...
What Octavia E. Butler understood above all: vulnerability
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEdan Lepucki, author of the dystopian novel 'California,' explains the power of 'Parable of the...
21 books by Black authors you should read next
Motherly via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFebruary is Black History Month—a time to celebrate Black motherhood, honor the many ground-breaking Black women like Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who...
Kindred star Micah Stock on Kevin's dynamic with Dana and his season 1 finale predicament
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWARNING: This post contains spoilers from Kindred season 1. Kevin Franklin (Micah Stock) found...
How Kindred 's Showrunner Adapted Octavia Butler 'In the Grain of Her Thinking'
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDana (Mallori Johnson) looks down at the book in her hands. Credit - Tina Rowden—FX Networks In...
Books That Should Be On Your Reading List This Pride Month
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs we celebrate Pride Month, we wanted to show a little love to some of the brilliant Black writers...
Can AI-generated art help us understand the future Octavia Butler saw?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe iconic seer of Los Angeles describes a lot of her writing as cautionary tales. "Study for...
Stephanie Hsu (‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’): ‘I never expected to be in a hit film centered...
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBest Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu recently chatted with Gold Derby’s Sam Eckmann...
15 Black Women Writers We Love
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBefore Women’s History Month, or as we like to call it ‘round these parks—Black Women’s History Month—comes to a close, we here at The Root felt it...