And we watch as Lauren struggles to survive what later becomes called “the Pox,” a kind of dream-slang for the apocalypse. Thirty-one years after its publication, Parable of the Sower ...

On July 20, 2024, Lauren Olamina turned 15. Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares ...

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 sequel.

Octavia E. Butler published “Parable of the Sower” in 1993, when she was 46 and I was 12. I came to the book later than you might expect for an L.A. writer with a postapocalyptic novel of my ...

The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids illustrates the relationship between Jesus — the bridegroom — and the Church, his bride, says a priest based in Wisconsin in this week's faith reflection.

Parable of the Talents is adapted by writer Damian Duffy and artists John Jennings and David Brame, the same creative team behind the previous Kindred and Parable of the Sower adaptations.

Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon adapted Butler’s dystopian “Parable of the Sower.” Their opera makes its New York debut at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City.

Unveiled last Friday at Octavia's Bookshelf in Pasadena, with illustrator John Jennings in attendance for a Q&A, the adaptation will be released Tuesday by Abrams ComicsArts.

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