A Charleston-grown art series ‘dreams a reality that doesn’t exist right now’ for Black creatives
The 5000 Black Afro-Futurist Series brings together creatives in Charleston SC to imagine a future where the African Diaspora ...
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I’ve Covered Climate Disasters for Decades. Now I Live on the Front Lines.
You never expect it. As a journalist covering climate disasters and other news, I have always been on the outside, reporting ...
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Jacqueline Woodson on the dichotomy of today and MLK Day: ‘Nothing we’re living in is new’
Award-winning writer and author Jacqueline Woodson on how artists and creators should show up today and any day after.
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‘Black history is a horror story’: Literature and horror films confront racism in the Trump era
Filmmaker Jordan Peele selects his favorite Black authors in ‘Out There Screaming,’ an anthology of stories. The book serves ...
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It uses the visual language of comic strips but the ... My sister is reading my copy of ‌Parable of the Sower to Ma. She’s perched on my parents’ bed in Santa Rosa. Outside, the sun is ...
The Eerie Prescience of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...
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Parable of the Sower
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Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In "Parable Of The Sower"
The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...