Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...
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 ...
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
As California Burns, ‘Octavia Tried to Tell Us’ Has New Meaning
The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a ...
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Black Altadena Residents Mourn What They Lost In The LA Wildfires & Try To Rebuild
Blair Imani Ali has lived close to Altadena, the historic Black neighborhood of Los Angeles, all her life. When I asked which ...
A storied Black community fears wildfires will claim its history
Altadena, the Los Angeles suburb leveled by the Eaton Fire, has a thriving Black community that bought homes in the civil ...
Concerns about gentrification hang over LA community's destruction
The destruction caused by the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, which has decimated more than 14,117 acres in the last week, ...