This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this:
“Something new is beginning. Or, perhaps something old and nasty is reviving.”
Octavia E. Butler
American author was born on June 22nd, 1947. Science fiction stories and fairy tales hooked her to reading and writing, even after her well-intentioned aunt Hazel said: “Honey…Negroes can’t be writers.” Parable of the Sower is the first in a two-book series.
Taking care of other people can be a good cure for nightmares.”
Octavia E. Butler
Written as an apocalypse science fiction novel, Parable of the Sower provides commentary on climate change and social inequality. Octavia E. Butler won a college-wide short-story contest, earning her first income ($15) as a writer and taught writer’s workshops in the Los Angeles area before publishing Parable of the Sower in 1993. Her work is now taught in over 200 colleges and universities nationwide.
“We all watch things morphing everyday.”
Octavia Butler influenced a collection of 20 short stories and essays about social justice in by young authors Adrienne Maree Brown and Walidah Imarisha.
Be sure to catch the new podcast called Octavia’s Parables.
In Review: I most admire about the book…
“Excellent discussion around not just Lauren’s conceptualization of change, but also of commitment.” N. Barker
