“People are not incorrect about Octavia Butler predicting the future, but they’re not always clear about what kind of future she was envisioning.” In a new Essay, Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on Butler, legacy, and the L.A. fires.
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I just finished Parable of the Talents, and in it she described a shady President whose slogan was “Make America Great Again”, and the takeover of fundamentalists “Christian America”, which is anything but Christian.
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"This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper." T.S. Elliot.