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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

12-31-69

Octavia Butler: Eye on the Stars, Feet on the Ground [4min]

Novelist Octavia Butler died this week at age 58. She was the first black woman to succeed in the science fiction genre. She was a private person who loved good conversation. Vist the ATC website to read Butler's essay "On Racism."

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"