Octavia’s First Afronaut: History, Resistance and Black Futures (online)

For adults.
In honor of Black History Month, Octavia Butler scholar Dr. Briana Whiteside will provide insight into the author’s earliest efforts to (re)imagine black women’s lives and futures by discussing the groundbreaking character Alanna, from Butler’s novel, Survivor.
In her early Patternist books, Octavia Butler established the themes of identity and transformation that echo throughout her writing and into her more well-known novels, Kindred and Parable of the Sower. 
One novel in that series, Survivor (1978), was not included in the re-published series compilation, Seed to Harvest (2007.) Dr. Whiteside will talk about why that novel was rescinded (at Butler’s request,) and why the novel is an important touchstone in Butler’s remarkable career. 
Please register at kcls.org.