Walidah Imarisha and I, when we did Octavia's Brood, Walidah called it "visionary fiction,” to look ahead at the future and then write ourselves in. And that's what Octavia was doing with all of her work. (Octavia Butler)

Walidah Imarisha and I, when we did Octavia's Brood, Walidah called it "visionary fiction,” to look ahead at the future and then write ourselves in. And that's what Octavia was doing with all of her work.

Octavia Butler

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