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Positive obsession : the life and times of Octavia E. Butler Cover Image Book

Positive obsession : the life and times of Octavia E. Butler / Susana M. Morris.

Life and times of Octavia E. Butler (portion title)
Morris, Susana M., 1980- (author.).

Summary:

"A 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063212077
  • ISBN: 0063212072
  • ISBN: 9780063211834
  • ISBN: 0063211831
  • Physical Description: xxii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : so be it, see to it -- The pattern master -- Honoring ancestors -- Harvest -- The human contradiction -- Prophecies and parables -- Flight -- New suns.

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Butler, Octavia E.
African American women authors > Biography.
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Speculative fiction, American > Women authors > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 42 of 47 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 47 total copies.
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Marion Library BIO BUT (Text) 37810435837157 Adult Biography Available -