In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...

The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...

Since the fires began, Butler's works have been cited for anticipating a world - and, particularly, a Los Angeles - wracked ...

The phrase “Octavia tried to tell ... a fictional town that feels much like Altadena, a haven for the Black middle class for more than 50 years, where Butler lived in the late ’90s.

Octavia's Bookshelf, a Black-owned bookstore named after Octavia Butler, has transformed into a donation hub for LA fire ...

The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...

Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up ...