Fast Company

‘Parable of the Sower’ was written in 1993, but the Octavia Butler classic predicted our climate reality with eerie prescience

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. Lauren lives with this burden ...
KQED

Octavia Butler’s Prescient ‘Parable of the Sower’ Comes Alive as an Opera

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...
Iowa Public Radio

Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — now it's also an opera

Visual artist Paul Lewin created this work for Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon's musical setting of Parable of the Sower. Octavia Butler's sci-fi novel Parable of the Sower was published 30 ...
Essence

Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In "Parable Of The Sower"

Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting communities ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — now it's also an opera

Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower — depicting a dystopian U.S. in 2024 — was published 30 years ago. Toshi Reagon's new musical... Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — ...