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Octavia E. Butler honored with a street in her name

ByRashida J. Smith

On Saturday, July 29th, 2023, friends, former neighbors, and fans of acclaimed science fiction author Octavia E. Butler gathered at the intersection of NE 165th Street and 37th Avenue NE in Lake Forest Park to celebrate the renaming of the stretch of 37th Avenue NE to “Octavia Butler Avenue.” Octavia spent her final years on…

Introducing Sarah Salcedo and Speculative Seattle

ByRashida J. Smith

Sarah Salcedo is a Pacific Northwest-based author, filmmaker, and illustrator, and is currently a Writer-in-Residence at Town Hall Seattle. Her recent interview with local writer and editor Isabela Oliveira via podcast is now available on our YouTube Channel. Clarion West is excited to be partnering with Sarah on “Speculative Seattle,” a storytelling project documenting the…