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A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler

by Lynell George

A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler Lynell George 9781626400634 Nonfiction Angel City Press Angel City Press Check out Lynell’s New York Times article on Octavia Butler “...

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Octavia E. Butler

Octavia E. Butler 0000000121272003 “There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Butler was the first science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur Foundations Fellowship...

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Unpublished Stories From Octavia Butler Available for the First Time

by Troy Johnson

Unpublished Stories From Octavia Butler Available for the First Time Troy Johnson Article Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) was a bestselling and award-winning author, considered one of the best scie...

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Octavia E. Butler, Gerry Canavan, and Nisi Shawl

Octavia E. Butler, Gerry Canavan, and Nisi Shawl MULTIPLE Octavia Butler, Gerry Canavan, and Nisi Shawl are renowned authors. Butler's work explores sci-fi themes, Canavan is known for his academic d...

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Conversations With Octavia Butler

by Conseula Francis

Conversations With Octavia Butler Conseula Francis 9781604732757 Fiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi Octavia Butler (1947-2006) spent the majority of her prolific c...

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Randy Ross, Octavia E. Butler, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Jervey Tervalon

Randy Ross, Octavia E. Butler, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Jervey Tervalon MULTIPLE "Explore the works of authors Randy Ross, Wanda Coleman, Stanley Crouch, Gary Phillips, Octavia Butl...

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Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

by Ibi Zoboi

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler Ibi Zoboi 9780399187384 Nonfiction Dutton Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From the New York Times bestselling author and...

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Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler

by Alex Pierce and Mimi Mondal

Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler Alex Pierce and Mimi Mondal 9781922101440 Nonfiction Twelfth Planet Press Twelfth Planet Press Luminescent Threads celebrates Octavia E. Butler, a...

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Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Susana M. Morris

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler Susana M. Morris 9780063212077 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest...

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Positive Obsession (paperback): The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Susana M. Morris

Positive Obsession (paperback): The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler Susana M. Morris 9780063211834 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of ...

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Conversations With Octavia Butler

by Robert Fleming

Conversations With Octavia Butler Robert Fleming Book Review As the sole major black female author of science fiction throughout her career, Octavia Butler reshaped the fictional world of fantasy ...

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Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents Boxed Set

by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents Boxed Set Octavia E. Butler 9781609809553 Fiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press The African American Book Club will be moderating a discussion o...

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Bloodchild and Other Stories

by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories Octavia E. Butler 9781583226988 Fiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times N...

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Fledgling: A Novel

by Octavia E. Butler

Fledgling: A Novel Octavia E. Butler 9781583226902 Fiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alar...

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Lynell George

Lynell George NONE Lynell George Lynell George is a journalist and essayist. After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame is her first book of essays and photography, exploring the city where she grew ...

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Parable of the Sower

by Tony Lindsay

Parable of the Sower Tony Lindsay Book Review Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler’s sci-fi novel gives the reader an intimate look into the mind of a young philosopher. Lauren Oya Olamina is a...

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On Witness and Respair: Essays

by Jesmyn Ward

On Witness and Respair: Essays Jesmyn Ward 9781668064269 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, inclu...

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New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

by Nisi Shawl

New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color Nisi Shawl 9781786188588 Fiction Solaris Simon & Schuster, Inc. The stunning follow-up to the multiple-award-winning anthology of SFF by peo...

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The Perishing

by Natashia Deón

The Perishing Natashia Deón 9781640093027 Fiction Counterpoint Counterpoint A Black immortal in 1930’s Los Angeles must recover the memory of her past in order to discover who she truly is in this ext...

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Documentary Film on History of Blacks in Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction Books

by Troy Johnson

Documentary Film on History of Blacks in Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction Books Troy Johnson Article https://www.youtube.com/embed/uvDW5z0b9po “The Invisible Universe documentary reveals the his...

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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

by adrienne maree brown

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds adrienne maree brown 9781849352604 Nonfiction AK Press AK Press In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help ...

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adrienne maree brown

adrienne maree brown 0000000037757913 adrienne maree brown is a writer rooted in Detroit who lives [2024] in Durham, NC. Her books include Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Holding Change, and t...

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N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin 0000000107503776 Jemisin, in 2018, Became the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years (note) Nora K. Jemisin, born in 1972, is a renowned speculative fiction aut...

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Delia Mercado

Delia Mercado NONE Delia Mercado, a NY licensed entrepreneur and mother of three, is pursuing an English degree at Medgar Evers College. Passionate about literature, she aspires to become an author a...

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Cerece Rennie Murphy

Cerece Rennie Murphy NONE Cerece Rennie Murphy, a science fiction enthusiast since age seven, has a rich background in social work and international relations. She transitioned into creative writing ...

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The Darkling

by Robert Fleming

The Darkling Robert Fleming Book Review This debut novel, by Keoni Anderson, has all of the earmarks of one of the pulps from the golden age of science fiction, with Henry, the fresh-scrubbed ...

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Black Arts: Stories

by Megan Giddings

Black Arts: Stories Megan Giddings 9780063352797 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins The first story collection from the critically acclaimed author of Lakewood, The Women Could Fly, and Meet Me at the Cros...

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Schedule - 2006 NBWC

by AALBC

Schedule - 2006 NBWC Schedule - 2006 NBWC   The Eighth National Black Writers Conference Black Literature: Expanding Conversations on Race, Identity, History, & Genre Dedicated to...

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Everything But Typical: Influential Neurodivergent People Who Have Shaped the World

by Margeaux Weston

Everything But Typical: Influential Neurodivergent People Who Have Shaped the World Margeaux Weston 9781547614110 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing Celebrate remarkable neurod...

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Every Where Alien

by Brad Walrond

Every Where Alien Brad Walrond 9780063377998 Poetry Moore Black Press/Amistad HarperCollins “Every Where Alien is a book that asks for interaction and understanding… . Brad Walrond defies aesthetic bo...

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Unraveling

by Karen Lord

Unraveling Karen Lord 9780593598467 Fiction Del Rey Del Rey The search for a notorious serial killer takes a therapist on a nightmarish quest to an alternate world to find the sinister secret behind h...

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New Book: THE SAVION SEQUENCE “A Masterful Blend of Mystery and Metaphysics”

Category: Book Spotlights

New Book: THE SAVION SEQUENCE “A Masterful Blend of Mystery and Metaphysics” Book Spotlights “Beyond Dan Brown… goes where Brown can’t go.” —Charisse Carney-Nunes, Author, Attorney & Educator Learn ...

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The Savion Sequence

by D. Amari Jackson

The Savion Sequence D. Amari Jackson 9780979637469 Fiction AALBC Aspire African American Literature Book Club Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● October 25, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT Also Available in ...

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The Savion Sequence (paperback)

by D. Amari Jackson

The Savion Sequence (paperback) D. Amari Jackson 9780979637452 Fiction AALBC Aspire African American Literature Book Club Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● October 25, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT Also A...

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The Savion Sequence A Masterful Blend of Mystery and Metaphysics,

Category: Author Interviews

The Savion Sequence A Masterful Blend of Mystery and Metaphysics, Author Interviews Learn more at: https://thesavionsequence.com Beneath the endless sands of the Sahara lies a secret, one of epic pro...

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Maroons: A Grievers Novel (Grievers Trilogy, Book 2)

by adrienne maree brown

Maroons: A Grievers Novel (Grievers Trilogy, Book 2) adrienne maree brown 9781849354806 Fiction AK Press AK Press ★ “brown’s sensational second contribution to AK Press’s Black Dawn series … Equ...

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The Women Could Fly

by Megan Giddings

The Women Could Fly Megan Giddings 9780063116993 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acc...

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Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

by George McCalman

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen George McCalman 9780062913234 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From an award-winning graphic designer comes this gorgeous collection that ...

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Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale

by Tim Fielder

Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale Tim Fielder 9780062964083 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Sure to become a treasured collectible, a gorgeous, groundbreaking, full-color Afrofuturist graphic novel that c...

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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

by Patrice Caldwell

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope Patrice Caldwell 9781984835659 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Sixteen tales by bestsel...

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100+ Black Women in Horror

by Sumiko Saulson

100+ Black Women in Horror Sumiko Saulson 9781387587469 Fiction Lulu Lulu Containing the biographies of over one hundred black women who write horror, 100+ Black Women in Horror is a reference guide, ...

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Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic

by Michelle D. Commander

Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic Michelle D. Commander 9780822363231 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In Afro-Atlantic Flight, Michel...

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December 2016 Newsletter - Great New Books, Best Film of the Year, and More

by Troy Johnson

December 2016 Newsletter - Great New Books, Best Film of the Year, and More Troy Johnson Article Cerece Rennie Murphy – Our eNewsletter Sponsor for December Experience The Love of A Lifetime ~ T...

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The Cherokee Rose

by Tiya Miles

The Cherokee Rose Tiya Miles 9780895876355 Fiction John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher The Cherokee Rose, written by Tiya Miles, award-winning historian and recipient of a recent MacArth...

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The Things That Fly in the Night: Female Vampires in Literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African Diaspora

by Giselle Liza Anatol

The Things That Fly in the Night: Female Vampires in Literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African Diaspora Giselle Liza Anatol 9780813565736 Nonfiction Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Pr...

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Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture

by Ytasha L. Womack

Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture Ytasha L. Womack 9781613747964 Fiction Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press 2014 Locus Awards Finalist, Nonfiction Category In this hip...

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A Wish After Midnight

by Zetta Elliott

A Wish After Midnight Zetta Elliott 9780982555057 Fiction Skyscape Amazon Publishing “Although there is plenty of history embedded in the novel, A Wish After Midnight is written with a lyrical grace t...

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Christine Platt

Christine Platt NONE Christine Platt Patrick, also known as CP Patrick, is a Florida-born author specializing in African Diaspora narratives interlacing fiction and fantasy. She holds degrees in Afri...

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Burnett Kwadwo Gallman

Burnett Kwadwo Gallman NONE Burnett Kwadwo Gallman, a native of Hartsville, SC, is a medical graduate from Hahnemann Medical College. As a physician, his research aims to eliminate racial health disp...

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Black Issues Book Review Magazine (1999 to 2007)

by AALBC Writers Guide

Black Issues Book Review Magazine (1999 to 2007) Black Issues Book Review Magazine (1999 to 2007) Black Issues Book Review (BIBR) was founded in 1998 by William E. Cox, Adrienne Ingrum, and Susan McHe...

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Callaloo

by AALBC Writers Guide

Callaloo Loading   CALLALOO: A JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DIASPORA ARTS & LETTERS Editor & Founder: Charles H. Rowell Founded: 1976 Publication Frequency: Quarterly Circulation: c. 2500 Publisher...

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