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Bushwick Book Club Partner Event
November 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Original music inspired by Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler — Part of the Banned Books Season! Find the Clarion West table at the event!
The year is 2024. The world teeters on the edge of chaos. An authoritarian president looms. Octavia Butler’s astonishingly prescient novel Parable of the Sower weaves together urgent themes of hope, resilience, societal change, and individual perseverance.
“[Parable of the Sower] succeeds on multiple levels. A gripping tale of survival and a poignant account of growing up sane in a disintegrating world.” — New York Times
“This was a cautionary tale, although people have told me it was prophecy. All I have to say to that is: I certainly hope not.” — Octavia Butler
Heads up: Butler pulls no punches in detailing her dystopian landscape—brace yourself for many forms of human cruelty, including racism, murder, and sexual assault.