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ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler ... of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in ...
LOS ANGELES — Nearly 40,000 acres have burned in Southern California in the last two ... her to open her own bookstore in her and Octavia E. Butler’s hometown. “I wanted to create ...
ALTADENA, Calif. -- Time stopped on Jan. 7, 2025, in the town of Altadena, California ... celebrated Black speculative fiction author Octavia Butler. To the staff's relief, the Eaton Fire stopped ...
A new exhibit, highlighting the history of Black communities and culture in Altadena ... Octavia’s Bookshelf, named after Octavia Butler, a prominent Black writer of the area. The California ...
An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E ... of a 2016 Butler biography, “It just feels like … she predicts the future.” Born an only child in Pasadena, California ...
I’m trying to pull that in. So basically what we did is we took cues from our other collaborator — who was Octavia E. Butler. We’re just trying to take cues from what she’s describing to ...
ALTADENA, Calif. — 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 ...