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Here Are the Octavia E. Butler Novels To Read After Watching ‘Kindred’

By Julia GlassmanJan 5th
Everything You Need to Know About FX’s Adaptation of ‘Kindred’ by Octavia Butler

By Alyssa ShotwellNov 8th
The Key Differences Between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism (With Examples!)

By Alyssa ShotwellApr 15th
BookTubers in Black History Month: Shey Millner Expresses Her Love for Octavia Butler and More

By Alyssa ShotwellFeb 18th
A24 Will Adapt Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower Into a Movie

By Princess WeekesJul 28th
Octavia Butler Just Hit the NYT Best Seller List for the FIRST Time. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

By Larissa IrankundaSep 10th
Things We Saw Today: Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club Has Its First Adorable, Nostalgia-Packed Trailer

By Vivian KaneJun 22nd
Google Doodle Celebrates Science Fiction Legend Octavia E. Butler’s 71st Birthday

By Charline JaoJun 22nd
The Patterns Around Octavia Butler

By Alexandra PierceAug 15th
Yo, Lionsgate: Maybe Turn These YA Books Into Movies Instead of Making More Hunger Games or Twilight

By Jessica LachenalAug 11th
Ava DuVernay to Bring Octavia Butler’s Dawn to Television, and It’s About Time

By Teresa JusinoAug 9th
Re-Read: Octavia Butler’s Parable Series

By Adrienne BrownFeb 21st
#LemonadeSyllabus Gives Fans of the Beyoncé Masterpiece a Chance to Learn and Grow in Black Girl Magic

By Teresa JusinoMay 9th
Things We Saw Today: Bill Nye Using Emojis For Science

By Charline JaoSep 14th
10 Sci-Fi Stories Created by Women of Color

By Teresa JusinoSep 4th
Male Sci-Fi Authors Talk Feminism, the Bechdel Test and Genre Writing in New HeForShe Video

By Carolyn CoxMar 12th
Open Road Media Honors African-American Sci-Fi Authors for Black History Month

By Carolyn CoxFeb 6th
Happy 25th Anniversary, Octavia Butler!

By Susana PoloNov 27th

Here Are the Octavia E. Butler Novels To Read After Watching ‘Kindred’

Everything You Need to Know About FX’s Adaptation of ‘Kindred’ by Octavia Butler

The Key Differences Between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism (With Examples!)

BookTubers in Black History Month: Shey Millner Expresses Her Love for Octavia Butler and More

A24 Will Adapt Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower Into a Movie

Octavia Butler Just Hit the NYT Best Seller List for the FIRST Time. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

Things We Saw Today: Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club Has Its First Adorable, Nostalgia-Packed Trailer

Google Doodle Celebrates Science Fiction Legend Octavia E. Butler’s 71st Birthday

The Patterns Around Octavia Butler

Yo, Lionsgate: Maybe Turn These YA Books Into Movies Instead of Making More Hunger Games or Twilight

Ava DuVernay to Bring Octavia Butler’s Dawn to Television, and It’s About Time

Re-Read: Octavia Butler’s Parable Series

#LemonadeSyllabus Gives Fans of the Beyoncé Masterpiece a Chance to Learn and Grow in Black Girl Magic

Things We Saw Today: Bill Nye Using Emojis For Science

10 Sci-Fi Stories Created by Women of Color

Male Sci-Fi Authors Talk Feminism, the Bechdel Test and Genre Writing in New HeForShe Video

Open Road Media Honors African-American Sci-Fi Authors for Black History Month

Happy 25th Anniversary, Octavia Butler!