How (And Why) To Read Octavia Butler
All Of It - A podcast by WNYC
After talking about the new FX series Kindred, author and editor Nisi Shawl, a friend of the late Octavia Butler, who in 1979 published the time travel sci-fi novel from which the series was adapted. Shawl discusses Butler's book, her broader body of work, and the themes and ideas that Butler explored.