On July 20, 2024, Lauren Olamina turned 15. Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares ...

Octavia Butler's 1993 novel "The Parable of the Sower" contains a powerful and poignant vision of the United States of the future, one that rings scarily true in the present. The 2024 of Butler's ...

Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares the pain of others.

Other artists, including the Norwegian Emanuel Vigeland, explicitly depicted the Parable of the Sower. Vigeland’s series of stained-glass windows in an Oslo church explains each passage’s meaning.

On July 20, 2024, Lauren Olamina turned 15. Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares ...

That’sthepremiseof Octavia E. Butler’s novel Parable of the Sower, whichwas published in 1993. The novel contains a powerful and poignant vision of the United States of the future, ...