Latest posts tagged with #OctaviaButler on Bluesky
Reflecting on quote from Octavia E. Butler’s book “Parable of the Sower”.
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"Live in the world that is, and try to shape the world you want. None of it is easy."
#OctaviaButler #earthseed #bookoftheliving
Black creators reshaped genre storytelling, not as an add-on, but as architects.
Appreciation to @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social for spotlighting legends like:
🖤 Octavia E. Butler and N.K. Jemisin
If you’re building your reading list, start there.
#BlackSpeculativeFiction #OctaviaButler #NKJemisin
Professor Susana A. Morris was a whole vibe last night at #KindredStories. She was eloquent, witty, and kind in her discussion about her new book, #PositiveObsession, the definitive cultural & literary biography of #OctaviaButler. #MountHolyoke proud.
Excited to spend the evening listening to my fellow #MountHolyoke alum, Susana Morris talk about #OctaviaButler.
#ParableoftheSower by #OctaviaButler came very highly recommended to me by an old professor of mine and when I finally got around to reading it, I LOVED it! It was a 10/10 for me. #ParableoftheTalents is next ☺️ #TBRuary #booksky #writesky #bookish #booklover #bookrec #bookreview #scifi #dystopian
Recording available for So Be It! See To It! A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler's Biographers"
The recording for So Be It! See To It! A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler's Biographers is now available!
The link is in our bio!
#octaviabutler #positiveobsession #blackwriters #biography #earthseed
A flyer commemorating 20 years of Octavia E. Butler with So Be It! See To It! and 2026 in gold at the bottom
Today, February 24, 2026, marks 20 years since the passing of Octavia E. Butler.
We honor her today. We honor her everyday.
Learn about two events today honoring her today: oebsociety.substack.com/p/so-be-it-s...
#OctaviaButler #OctaviaKnew #OctaviaTriedToTellUs
"No one was going to stop me from #writing and no one had to really guide me towards #sciencefiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest."
✒️ Remembering #OctaviaButler who passed away #OTD 24 February 2006. #Literature
Every day this month UCBHSSP is honoring Black History by quoting a critical thinker, and providing a critical inquiry to use in your classroom.
#BlackHistoryMonth #OctaviaButler #Afrofuturism #ImaginationAsSurvival #BlackFutures #SpeculativeResistance #BHM #UCBHSSP #CriticalThinking #Educators
Middle Grade Book cover with three children and floral decorations, inspired by Wild Seed (1980).
Do you like Butler's Wild Seed but have a young reader in your life who may not be ready for that? Have them check out the Wild Seed Witch trilogy by Marti Dumas, which is inspired by Butler's 1980 novel.
#octaviabutler #wildseed #adaptation #wellreadblackgirl
Love this thread.
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Have you downloaded the free Acorn: A Rejuvenating Activity Kit? We released it for free 3 years ago. Check it out! #octaviabutler
horizontal stack of five books
#goodwill #book #haul today at ny ave ne #dc 5 books for ~$9. #hardcovers $2. #paperbacks $1. & yellow stickers were 1/2 off. *positive obsession* is a brand new book re #octaviabutler. heard convo btw morris & #freeblackwomenslibrary last month. psst: i didn't take all of their #blackstudies books.
Image says Celebrating 10 Years of Biographical Inquiry with a picture of Gerry Canvan’s book, titled Octavia E. Butler, the words "So Be It!, See To It," and 2026 at the bottom.
Celebrating 10 Years of Biographical Inquiry!
In 2016, Gerry Canavan’s biography simply titled Octavia E. Butler was published.
The book ushered in a new era in Butler Studies!
#OctaviaButler #BlackHistoryMonth #biography #blackwriters #blacksciencefiction #wellreadblackgirl
February is the month we celebrate Black History and Black Excellence. I’d like to honor Octavia Butler. If you haven’t read any of her novels or stories, you're missing out! #ChrisRiker #KeepReading # Love #February #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BookRecs #OctaviaButler #Bloodchild #BookTok
Image says Celebrating 40 Years of Butler scholarship with a picture of the first page of the article, the words "So Be It!, See To It," and 2026 at the bottom.
Celebrating 40+ Years of Butler scholarship!
In 1986, Sandra Y. Govan’s article, “Octavia Butler Renovates the Historical Novel, was published in MELUS Journal.
The article discusses Kindred (1979) and Wild Seed (1980).
#OctaviaButler #BlackHistoryMonth #Kindred #WildSeed #blackwriters
Photo of half the face of author Octavia Butler with her quote about choosing your leaders on the right side of the picture.
Octavia tried to tell y'all...
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool..."
#octaviabutler #quotes
After a BlueSky user reached out to us, we did some digging. It looks like Octavia E. Butler’s Survivor (1978) will be back in print in September of this year.
Learn More: oebsociety.substack.com/p/survivor-b...
#octaviabutler #survivor
Octavia E. Butler uses time travel to confront our history of slavery in her 1979 novel ‘Kindred’. #booksky #octaviabutler #bookreview #bookrecommendation #modernclassic #speculativefiction
Have any of you read the Patternist books before? #booksky#bhm #octaviabutler
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Promotional poster with a white background and navy-blue accents for an online literary event titled “So Be It! See To It! A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler’s Biographers.” Three portrait photos appear across the center. From left to right: Gerry Canavan, a bearded man wearing glasses, a black shirt, and a pink tie, identified as the author of Octavia E. Butler (2016); Kendra R. Parker, a woman with short salt & pepper hair wearing a teal dress, identified as the author of Understanding Octavia E. Butler (2025); and Chi-ming Yang, a smiling woman with glasses and dark hair, identified as the author of Octavia E. Butler: H Is for Horse (2025). Event details near the bottom read “7:30 to 8:30 PM Eastern Time, February 24, 2026.” A QR code appears in the lower right corner with text indicating it is for registration. The poster notes that the event is organized by the Octavia E. Butler Literary Society and supported by the Department of English at Georgia Southern University, with both organizations’ logos shown at the bottom.
The Octavia E. Butler Literary Society, with the support of the Department of English at Georgia Southern, is hosting "So Be It! See To It! A Conversation with Butler's Biographers."
Free. Register for the Zoom link: georgiasouthern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OctaviaButler #BlackHistoryMonth
Read Parable of the Sower if you haven’t already. #OctaviaButler #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth
Image says Celebrating 50 Years of Patternmaster, with a picture of the novel, the words "So Be It!, See To It," and 2026 at the bottom.
So Be It! See To It!
Celebrating 50 Years of Patternmaster.
In 1976, Octavia E. Butler's first novel, Patternmaster, was published.
#OctaviaButler #BlackHistoryMonth #Patternmaster #blackwriters #blacksciencefiction #wellreadblackgirl
Book cover for “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler.
In high school we read #Kindred, and I feel like we should have read #ParableOfTheSower One because we were in the Bay Area & all the settings of this book are places we knew. But also because it’s, uh, pretty prophetic given the state of things. #OctaviaButler #booksky
Non è fantascienza, è inimmaginabile visione e tensione pura. Una trilogia profetica, un pugno e una carezza pieni d'Amore.
Mi sono innamorato di #OctaviaButler e della sua Olamina e sono sempre più convinto che i suoi slave collars siano esattamente l'oggetto che adesso abbiamo in mano.
I bumped that to share this: #Alaska #AlcanWar #OctaviaButler #Canada #Kettling #ParableOfTheSower #ParableOfTheTalents #AlaskaIndependenceParty #Greenland #Arctic #Passports
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"They have no power to improve their lives, but they have the power to make others even more miserable. And the only way to prove to yourself that you have power is to use it."
This is also #OctaviaButler. And it applies as much to the Republican Party in our world as it applied in hers.
