# On the Simple Prophecy of Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/on-the-simple-prophecy-of-octavia-butlers-parable-of-the-sower/
- Published: 2024-08-06T09:15:13-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Paul Lewin / Literary Hub. Article by Roz Dineen. Literary Hub – July 22, 2024. Parable of the Sower was first published in October 1993. It tells the story of 15-year-old Lauren Olamina, a young Black woman living through a time of severe societal collapse. She creates (through observation and deduction) a new religion, Earthseed, which she expounds between her diary entries in simple verses that are both axiomatic and richly open-ended […] Click here to view original web page at lithub.com Related articles: Octavia Butler wrote a ‘Parable’ that became a prophecy — now it’s also an opera – NPR How Octavia Butler’s 1993 book ‘Parable of the Sower’ predicted our climate reality – Grist Why Gen Z Loves “The Parable of the Sower” – Yes Magazine