Want to know what happened when Alexis Pauline Gumbs tried to visit Octavia E. Butler's grave? How do we think about Octavia Butler's active afterlife? This pre-show lecture engages Octavia Butler's legacy as a form of life that is still changing us as we change it.
Strathmore's presentation of Parable of the Sower is generously sponsored in part by Karen Lefkowitz and Al Neyman.
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Tuesday, April 5
Octavia Butler's Parables: A Welcome and Orientation
Join Alexis Pauline Gumbs for an exploration of Butler’s overall oeuvre and legacy, as well as the books’ themes and their context in black feminism and Afrofuturism.
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Thursday, April 28
The Parable Effect
How Black Feminist Art & Afrofuturism Influence Social Change—Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Michelle Parkerson in conversation
RSVPDive Deeper Parable of the Sower Resources
Follow your curiosity through our curated list of resources to gain more in-depth understanding of both the literary and stage versions of the Parable stories, and the artists behind them.
Photo Credit: Reed Hutchinson
Dive Deeper Parable of the Sower Resources
Follow your curiosity through our curated list of resources to gain more in-depth understanding of both the literary and stage versions of the Parable stories, and the artists behind them.
Photo Credit: Reed Hutchinson