Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, Susana M. Morris Biography and Rudi edges towards escape

and Rudi edges towards escape

and the town ignites

he goes to bed wishing he were an adult

and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes

When one of them is discovered dead after an experiment

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, Susana M. Morris Biography and Rudi edges towards escapeA magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. With her deft pen, she created stories speculating the devolution of the American empire, using it as an apt metaphor for the best and worst of humanityour