Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism ...

Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have ...

We speak with Leah Stokes, a researcher on climate and energy policy, who says the scale of the Los Angeles wildfires is a ...

Through this association, the section acquires a playful and slightly humorous undertone that catches the readers' attention ...

Book-lovin’ columnist David Allen offers highlights from what he read in 2024, from “Middlemarch” to histories of Riverside and San Bernardino.

The year is barely underway and the paradoxes are already bleak. Climate fires exploded in LA just after Trump’s ...

Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

It’s very devastating. AMY GOODMAN: And can you talk about the community of Altadena, the historically Black community, where Octavia Butler is buried? There’s a lovely, amazing Black-owned ...

January 2 is National Science Fiction Day, and ESSENCE is paying tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi novelists of all time, Octavia Estelle Butler. Named after her mother Octavia Margaret Guy ...

Of the three active fires in Los Angeles, the Hurst Fire in San Fernando is 97 percent contained, at 799 acres; the Palisades ...

The Eaton Fire has brought unimaginable losses to our students, families, and staff. Our hearts are with everyone affected by ...