![]() A related Butler-inspired symposium, called “Ferguson is the Future,” was also held at Princeton University.įlorian Bast’s study, Of Bodies, Communities, and Voices: Agency in Writings by Octavia Butler, is an enthusiastic contribution to these expansive conversations about Butler’s wider relevance and utility. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Activists (Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2015) a collection of stories edited by activist leaders Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown, declared that “all organizing is science fiction” and asked the writers, activists, and writer-activists who contributed to the anthology to “carry on Butler’s legacy of writing visionary fiction” (3). The current explosion of interest in Butler’s work reflects a ramping up of critical attention to its value not just as powerful fiction but as a political intervention, even a kind of social theory. $57 hc.Ģ016 marked ten years since Octavia Butler’s untimely death, and in many ways it was the year of Butler: Spelman College and the University of California, San Diego, both hosted conferences dedicated to her work and legacy, while Clockshop (a Los Angeles arts group) held an extended-and ongoing-series of Butler-inspired events called “Radio Imagination.” Butler has been the recipient of critical acclaim at least since the 1980s, and certainly since she became the first sf writer to receive a MacArthur “Genius Grant” in 1995. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2015. AMERICAN STUDIES-A MONOGRAPH SERIES, vol. Of Bodies, Communities, and Voices: Agency in Writings by Octavia Butler.
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