Chi-ming Yang, Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, specializes in histories of race, empire, and East-West cultural exchanges. Yang’s scholarship spans chinoiserie, cross-species…
"People have changed the climate of the world. Now they’re waiting for the old days to come back."—The Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler's dystopian science fiction classic, Parable of the Sower…
Octavia E. Butler was a science fiction author who had a very close connection to the Los Angeles Public Library and made an impact on our organization, community, and the world that will last forever…
As the month of June comes to an end, we are celebrating the first anniversary of the Octavia Lab and Octavia E. Butler’s birthday by taking a glimpse into her life as a teenager and a list of great…
This week we are exploring Octavia E. Butler’s childhood and some great science fiction books for children, as we continue to celebrate her birthday and the first anniversary of the Octavia Lab…
This month is not only the first anniversary of the Octavia Lab at the Central Library, a do-it-yourself studio space, but also Octavia E. Butler’s birthday on June 22. During this time we are…
Who was Octavia E. Butler? Octavia E. Butler was a science fiction author who had a very close connection to the Los Angeles Public Library and made an impact on our organization, community, and the…
