4/7/26

Susana M. Morris & Nicholas Boggs - Octavia Butler and James Baldwin - 2025 Decatur Book Festival

A female trailblazer in the male-dominated field of science fiction with a positive obsession. A truth teller with an indelible impact on the civil rights movement and on Black and queer literary history. These powerful biographies illuminate the lives of Octavia E. Butler and James Baldwin, two literary prophets who reshaped the future through their fearless visions. Join Susana M. Morris and Nicholas Boggs for a conversation about art, activism, identity, and the radical imagination. Moderated by Clinton R. Fluker.

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