How (And Why) To Read Octavia Butler

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 13, 2022

After talking about the new FX series Kindred, author and editor Nisi Shawl, a friend of the late Octavia Butler, who in 1979 published the time travel sci-fi novel from which the series was adapted. Shawl discusses Butler's book, her broader body of work, and the themes and ideas that Butler explored.

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