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Reading & Soul-Searching Octavia Butler's Parables in Times of Crisis
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Recorded on an auspicious Martin Luther King Day that coincides with the inauguration of a new and former extremist US president... in the wake of the LA wildfires and the acceleration of climate collapse writ large, we turn to the novels of Octavia E. Butler, the groundbreaking Black feminist sci-fi writer whose work is rooted in the aspirations, truth-telling, and hopes of Afrofuturism.
In a wide-ranging conversation with two of my favorite Afrofuturists — writer Evan Narcisse and liberatory coach Ebony Isis Booth — we explore The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents, two linked novels published in the 1990s that imagine the world of our present moment (2024 and beyond).
In recent years, Parable of the Sower, in particular, has been bandied about on social media and elsewhere as a "prophetic" text — this novel foretold the use of the phrase "Make America Great Again" and described many of the changes that have come to define this first quarter of the 21st Century. But these references often merely scratch the surface, and we wanted to go deeper, looking into the "prophetic" quality of Butler's Parables and what they can teach us about how to survive the future that is here now, and arriving every day.
Whether you've read the novels, you're curious about them, or you've caught wind of the hype and want to know more, this conversation will illuminate and situate these literary works in our current times, exploring themes of societal collapse, slavery, liberation, technology, community building, self-knowledge, imagination, and space travel.
May this conversation nourish and inspire you as we move into yet another wild and challenging era of change. (Because, as Butler and her main character Lauren Oya Olamina have taught us, God IS change.)
Find Ebony's work on her website, her Substack, and her podcast Ask Me How I Know. Find Evan on Bluesky and Substack.
This podcast is a production of Typewriter Tarot. Learn more & join us:
- Join the newsletter and receive the first 3 journaling prompts from Tarot for Creative Spirits (the workbook).
- Subscribe to Typewriter Tarot's Substack.
- Join the Creative Magic Collective.
- Work one-on-one with Cecily (book a free curiosity call).
- Book a Tarot reading.
- Shop our bookshop.
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Manage episode 462216068 series 3551679
Recorded on an auspicious Martin Luther King Day that coincides with the inauguration of a new and former extremist US president... in the wake of the LA wildfires and the acceleration of climate collapse writ large, we turn to the novels of Octavia E. Butler, the groundbreaking Black feminist sci-fi writer whose work is rooted in the aspirations, truth-telling, and hopes of Afrofuturism.
In a wide-ranging conversation with two of my favorite Afrofuturists — writer Evan Narcisse and liberatory coach Ebony Isis Booth — we explore The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents, two linked novels published in the 1990s that imagine the world of our present moment (2024 and beyond).
In recent years, Parable of the Sower, in particular, has been bandied about on social media and elsewhere as a "prophetic" text — this novel foretold the use of the phrase "Make America Great Again" and described many of the changes that have come to define this first quarter of the 21st Century. But these references often merely scratch the surface, and we wanted to go deeper, looking into the "prophetic" quality of Butler's Parables and what they can teach us about how to survive the future that is here now, and arriving every day.
Whether you've read the novels, you're curious about them, or you've caught wind of the hype and want to know more, this conversation will illuminate and situate these literary works in our current times, exploring themes of societal collapse, slavery, liberation, technology, community building, self-knowledge, imagination, and space travel.
May this conversation nourish and inspire you as we move into yet another wild and challenging era of change. (Because, as Butler and her main character Lauren Oya Olamina have taught us, God IS change.)
Find Ebony's work on her website, her Substack, and her podcast Ask Me How I Know. Find Evan on Bluesky and Substack.
This podcast is a production of Typewriter Tarot. Learn more & join us:
- Join the newsletter and receive the first 3 journaling prompts from Tarot for Creative Spirits (the workbook).
- Subscribe to Typewriter Tarot's Substack.
- Join the Creative Magic Collective.
- Work one-on-one with Cecily (book a free curiosity call).
- Book a Tarot reading.
- Shop our bookshop.
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