Gerry Canavan from Marquette University delivers a talk titled “Parables of the Trickster.” This talk was included in the session titled “Beyond Octavia E. Butler’s Parables.”

Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.

Plasmodial Improprieties: Octavia E. Butler, Slime Molds, and Imagining a Femi-Queer Commons

Inspired by the award-winning speculative fiction author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), leading experts in the field will explore the expansive ways Butler’s writing, research, and life foster deeper understanding of the past, present, and possible futures. The conference was held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.