Octavia Butler Conference

May 17, 2024 locusmag 0 Comments

The Huntington Library, which hosts the Octavia E. Butler Collection, has announced Futurity as Praxis: Learning from Octavia E. Butler, a “two-day conference [exploring] Octavia E. Butler, how we have learned from her writing, and what her archive at The Huntington can help future generations discover.”

The event will be held from May 23-24, 2024 at The Huntington in San Marino CA.

For more information, including the complete conference schedule, see The Huntington’s website.

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