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American Artist, Estella Butler’s Apple Valley Autonomy, 2025 (detail). Wood, paint, rusted steel,and archival boxes. Collection of the California African American Museum. Image courtesy theartist and Pioneer Works; Photo: Dan Bradica By Okla Jones ·Updated September 2, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Octavia E. Butler has always been more than a writer. Her speculative worlds remain blueprints for how we might reimagine our future while reckoning with the
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