Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler

Alexandra Pierce, Mimi Mondal, K. Tempest Bradford, Hunter Liguore, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sheree Renée Thomas, Karen Lord, Nisi Shawl, Moya Bailey, Tara Betts, Z.M. Quỳnh, Ben H. Winters, Hoda Zaki, Brenda Tyrrell, Connie Samaras, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Rebecca Holden, Andrea Hairston, Jewelle L. Gómez, Sophia Echavarria, Tiara Jante, K. Ceres Wright, Valjeanne Jeffers, Raffaella Baccolini, Tuere T.S. Ganges, Cat Sparks, Joan Slonczewski, Elizabeth Stephens, Aurelius Raines II, Jeffrey Allen Tucker, Paul Reimer, Gerry Canavan, Ruth Salvaggio, Sandra Y. Govan, Kathleen Kayembe, Jeremy Sim, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs, Indra Das, Lisa Bennett Bolekaja, Christopher Caldwell, Joyce Chng, Stephen R. Gold, Michele Tracy Berger, Rachel Swirsky, Stephanie Burgis, Bogi Takács, Asata Radcliffe, Nnedi Okorafor, Kate Gordon, Cat Rambo, Amanda Emily Smith, Alex Jennings, Cassandra Brennan, L. Timmel Duchamp, Rasha Adbulhadi, Steven Barnes


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Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler by Alexandra Pierce, Mimi Mondal, K. Tempest Bradford, Hunter Liguore, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sheree Renée Thomas, Karen Lord, Nisi Shawl, Moya Bailey, Tara Betts, Z.M. Quỳnh, Ben H. Winters, Hoda Zaki, Brenda Tyrrell, Connie Samaras, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Rebecca Holden, Andrea Hairston, Jewelle L. Gómez, Sophia Echavarria, Tiara Jante, K. Ceres Wright, Valjeanne Jeffers, Raffaella Baccolini, Tuere T.S. Ganges, Cat Sparks, Joan Slonczewski, Elizabeth Stephens, Aurelius Raines II, Jeffrey Allen Tucker, Paul Reimer, Gerry Canavan, Ruth Salvaggio, Sandra Y. Govan, Kathleen Kayembe, Jeremy Sim, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs, Indra Das, Lisa Bennett Bolekaja, Christopher Caldwell, Joyce Chng, Stephen R. Gold, Michele Tracy Berger, Rachel Swirsky, Stephanie Burgis, Bogi Takács, Asata Radcliffe, Nnedi Okorafor, Kate Gordon, Cat Rambo, Amanda Emily Smith, Alex Jennings, Cassandra Brennan, L. Timmel Duchamp, Rasha Adbulhadi, Steven Barnes
Luminescent Threads celebrates Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the Science Fiction genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour.

Original essays and letters sourced and curated for this collection explore Butler's depiction of power relationships, her complex treatment of race and identity, and her impact on feminism and women in Science Fiction.

Follow the luminescent threads that connect Octavia E. Butler and her body of work to the many readers and writers who have found inspiration in her words, and the complex universes she created.

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