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THIS IS INCREDIBLE. Octavia Butler's agent has posted that she is finally a NY Times bestselling author, one of Octavia's goals! FANTASTIC!!!

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Merrilee Heifetz

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Octavia E. Butler, who died in 2006, is a NYT Bestselling author. This was one of her life goals. Thank you all for making it happen!

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To celebrate Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower, try: The #OctaviaTried to tell us: Parables for Today's Pandemic webinar series I co-host with

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Octavia Tried to Tell Us: Parable for Today's Pandemic with Monica A....

Afrofuturist writer Tananarive Due and womanist process theologian Monica A. Coleman lift up Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" to discuss themes of pro...

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ALSO: If you're discovering (or rediscovering) Octavia E. Butler's near-future novel Parable of the Sower, now on the NY Times bestseller list, don't miss out on the new graphic novel adaptation by @DamianD2Duffy & illustrator

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This was one of her dreams! She manifested this, envisioned it in her journals!

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SOO amazing! Yes!

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I remember seeing that wish written in her incredibly inspirational teenage notebooks. She made them all come true.

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