The discovery of a beautiful afrofuturist: Octavia E. Butler
By Amira Alquraishy / 16 hours agoAward-winning essayist, journalist, and nonfiction author Lynell George gives us a glimpse into the esteemed writer Octavia E. Butler’s origins of becoming one. Going into her personal confides of her very own journals, we get a crash course into her psyche, and how she overcame the highs and lows of becoming the first African American woman to break into the science fiction genre.