despite being a Black woman in a field dominated by White men. Three of her books are being turned into cable TV series, so this opera version of “Parable of the Sower” is the first in a ...

Octavia Butler's sci-fi novel Parable of the Sower was published 30 years ago, in 1993. This Afrofuturistic book about a dystopian America set in our time now seems positively prophetic — and a ...

In 1993, science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler released "Parable of the Sower," a novel that told of a future where people suffered the consequences of these same situations. This week ...

A cornucopia of natural materials sourced from the landscape define the interiors of the new Sower restaurant in rural Japan ... showcasing a polished mix of river stones in white cement and natural ...

The girl, Lauren Oya Olamina, is, of course, the main character in Octavia Butler's classic science fiction novel Parable of the Sower. We were introduced by an adventurous middle school English ...