The Root7d
Check Out These Stunning Pieces From Black Celebrities' Personal Collections
Carmelo Anthony, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Lenny Kravitz and other Black celebrities who have amazing art in their homes ...
East Cobb News14d
Cobb Library book groups announce March activity schedule
Cobb County Public Library’s March calendar features several Book Discussion options for adults. The sessions include a ...
In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
Books can turn up in your life when you need them. What does the resurgent popularity of a dystopian novel say about modern ...
Daily Breeze6d
In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
The brisk sales of Octavia Butler’s ninth novel, “The Parable of the Sower” is especially notable since Butler, who died in 2006, was born in Pasadena. A middle school there bears her name.
KCRW16d
A visit to a lab of the future, tucked away in Downtown LA
In 1993, sci-fi writer Octavia Butler published her groundbreaking dystopian novel Parable of the Sower, which is set in the year 2025 in a Los Angeles suburb that is plagued by gun violence, ...
The Art Newspaper22d
'Her work asks us to confront the cycles of oppression and resilience': Octavia E. Butler’s enduring influence on artists
Shaper of God, an exhibition by American Artist at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works art centre, is the culmination of a four-year project inspired by the life and work of Octavia E. Butler. The show’s ...