In 1992, while Octavia E. Butler was writing her novel Parable of the Sower, Los Angeles was hitting bottom. The acquittal of ...
Her grave is marked by a quote from her celebrated novel Parable of the Sower: “All that you touch ... “It’s hard not to read the books and think, ‘How did she know?’” ...
Discover how Octavia Butler's prescient novel 'Parable of the Sower' serves as a roadmap for survival in our chaotic times.
"Parable of the Sower… isn't prophecy, I hope," she told an interviewer back in 2000. "The society I portray in [this] book is pretty ... fires to communities to cover up their crimes, get ...