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Octavia Butler’s big goals: get millions to read her books and change the world. She succeeded.

Before the word Afrofuturism even existed, Octavia Butler was writing about it. Before climate change was considered a crisis, Butler was writing about it. Before our country threatened to slide towards autocracy, there she was. Butler is rightfully considered one…

Octavia Butler’s big goals: get millions to read her books and change the world. She succeeded.

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