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Octavia E. Butler : H is for horse / Chi-ming Yang

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Yang, Chi-ming
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Copyright Date
©2024
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations
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An homage to the childhood genius of Black science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. Bringing to view a selection of Butler's unpublished writings and drawings, this book traces her fascination with human-alien symbiosis to her early empathy with horses and other marginalized creatures. The figure of the horse, at once earthly and transcendent, represented the contradictions of freedom and captivity that enabled young Octavia to develop her nuanced sense of voice and place. Drawing on previously unknown archival research, this volume illustrates how Butler's development as a writer was tied to her extraordinary resourcefulness and self-awareness growing up as an awkward, bookish Black girl in segregated, Cold War Pasadena. She persistently re-visited and revised her early writings on teenage angst, Martians, Westerns, and racial politics.
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9780198916710 ebook
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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