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Butler's Parable Series

Season 1, Ep. 4

Hosts Shanté and Tav welcome guest Jayna Brown (Media Studies, Pratt Institute) to discuss Octavia Butler’s Parable series and her forthcoming book, Black Utopias.


Recorded via videoconferencing during COVID-19 quarantine.


This episode's image contains original book cover artwork by John Jude Palencar.

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