In 1992, while Octavia E. Butler was writing her novel Parable of the Sower, Los Angeles was hitting bottom. The acquittal of ...

It is a growth parable. Parable Meaning Significance for today A man went out to sow grain. The man represents God and the seed is His message. Just as a planted seed starts to grow, the word of ...

Discover how Octavia Butler's prescient novel 'Parable of the Sower' serves as a roadmap for survival in our chaotic times.

Rebecca Castillo is a video creator and special projects lead for Los Angeles Times’ High School Insider and other Public Affairs programs. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of Swarthmore ...

Her grave is marked by a quote from her celebrated novel Parable of the Sower: “All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you.” The phrase “Octavia tried to tell us” has ...

However, Parable of the Sower works beautifully as an examination ... she apparently had planned a third novel, Parable of the Trickster. But maybe it’s just as well that she and Lauren were ...

1 FOURTH WING (Red Tower, $20.99). By Rebecca Yarros. A young woman competes to secure a spot at an elite war college for ...

which was inspired by the novel, “Parable of the Sower.” “It’s about a world where the earth is burning and income inequality is rampant and things are just bad and getting worse,” Hall ...