Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable ... the month-long celebration of Black American accomplishments and perseverance will be commemorated amid uncertainty ...

Installation view of American Artist: Shaper of God at Pioneer Works Dan Bradica Studio, courtesy Pioneer Works Digging even deeper into Butler’s biography, Artist has built a chicken coop as a ...

ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire la ...