Los Angeles Daily News5d
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.
The Art Newspaper21d
'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 ...
Whittier Daily News5d
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. And the ...
The Indianapolis Star4d
Where is Butler in the Big East Tournament bracket? What to know about Bulldogs' seed
The Butler Bulldogs earned the No. 9 seed in the Big East Tournament after dropping its regular season final 87-74 to Creighton on Saturday night. The Bulldogs (13-18, 6-14 Big East) will play No ...
KCRW15d
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, ...
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Primitive Harvest of Wild Seed with Bushcraft Tools
In this video I use very primitive techniques to harvest and process ripe black sage seed (Salvia mellifera) from wild plants that grow abundantly in this region. Black sage seed is very ...