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Author(s): DUE, TANANARIVE
Source:
Essence. Sep2019, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p72-75. 4p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph.

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- Subject Terms:
  BUTLER, Octavia E., 1947-2006; AFRICAN American women authors; AMERICAN science fiction; BLACK women in literature; SPECULATIVE fiction; DAWN (Book); FLEDGING (Book)
- Abstract:
  The article focuses on the life and works of African American science fiction author Octavia Butler. Topics discussed include Butler's Afrofuturism, which is Black speculative fiction, featuring Black women into imaginary worlds, Butler as recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship “genius” Award in 1995, and her novels "Dawn," "Parable of the Sower," and "Fledging."

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