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 ...
Although Butler passed away in 2006, her Parable of the Sower, " a speculative novel predicted the hell that's 2025.
The grave of renowned writer Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable of the Sower eerily envisioned fires consuming Los Angeles, ...
Octavia's Bookshelf, a Black-owned bookstore named after Octavia Butler, has transformed into a donation hub for LA fire ...
Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.
The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
Butler still has strong ties to the community. She is buried at Mountain View Mortuary and Cemetery in Altadena. And Octavia’s Bookshelf, a Pasadena bookstore named for the beloved author is ...
Loss, love and a sense of belonging — survivors, evacuees, heroes and allies weigh in on what the fires revealed ...