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June 22- Octavia Butler Day

  • Posted on: 20 June 2021
  • By: Caroline Hughes

Octavia E. Butler, c. 1988. | Photo by Miriam Berkley

On June 22, we celebrate the birth of Octavia E. Butler, a world-renowned dystopian and science fiction writer. Octavia E. Butler was born in Pasadena, California in 1947 and died on February 24, 2006. She won several awards including the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant and Hugo Award for Best Novelette for her fascinating and poignant works that explored racial injustices, climate change, and several other critical topics.

The Parable Series:

bell hooks is for Everybody

  • Posted on: 11 February 2021
  • By: Caroline Hughes

Young bell hooks.                       Source: clker.com

"Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands." - bell hooks, All about Love: New Visions