ON "PARABLE OF THE SOWER"
It took all of my 31 years and a birthday staycation in Pasadena to introduce me to Octavia Butler. In Vroman’s Bookstore, I bought a copy of Parable of the Sower and entered the crumbling world of Octavia’s character, Lauren Olamina. As the words jumped from the page, I asked myself, how the hell did it take so long for me to read Octavia Butler? Why was this not on reading lists in high…
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