
Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer
Witness History
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The Truth About the Greatest Tragedies of Your Life Was Keeping Secret From You
People are setting fires to get rid of whomever they dislike from personal enemies to anyone who looks or sounds foreign or racially different. That's Octavia Butler's vision of America in 2024. She also saw people operating out of fear, making choices out of fear. Her friend Nissi Shull was talking to me for that episode of the Witness History Podcast.
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