Naleighna Kai's Literary Cafe Magazine May - Mother's Day Issue | Page 73

Octavia Butler
A writer that was long before her time and didn’t receive nearly the amount
of acclaim she deserved. Octavia wrote about the human condition, race
relationss, and societal ills in such a way the reader didn’t realize that they
were being taught a powerful and dymanic lesson until they turned the
very last page. Her work is compelling, engaging, and as satisfying as a
good meal after a long stretch of starvation.
If you have not read any of her work, please start with Mind of My
Mind, as it is the one that got me hooked. I was forced to go out and find
everything else this prolific written had created. I have returned to this one
novel and have read it at least twenty times over the years. Keep an open
and curious mind when you crack it open.