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"In 2021, Alyssa Collins was awarded a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship
from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino,
California.
Butler, whose papers are held at the Huntington, was the first science fiction
writer to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. A pioneering writer in a genre
long dominated by white men, her work explored power structures, shifting
definitions of humanity and alternative societies.
In an interview, which has been edited for length and clarity, Collins explains
how Butler’s boundless curiosity inspired the author’s work, and how Butler’s
experiences as a Black woman drew her to “humans who must deal with the edges
or ends of humanity.”
Butler, who died in 2006, would have turned 75 years old on June 22, 2022."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
