TY - BOOK AU - Zoboi,Ibi Aanu TI - Star child: a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler SN - 9780399187384 AV - PS3552.U827 Z98 2022 U1 - 813/.54B 23 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Dutton Children's Books KW - Butler, Octavia E. KW - American fiction KW - African American authors KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Science fiction KW - Women authors KW - African American novelists KW - African American women authors N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Part I; Parable of the sower; Stardust; Dawn; Daughter of dust; Zeitgeist; Spirit of the times; Baby boom; Dust; Daughter of dust II; Earthseed; Star child; Moon child; Moon child II; School child; Daydreamer; Red ink; Pasadena; Memory; Fire; Memory II; Empathy; Empathy II; First word; First story; The Good Book; Peter Pan room; First book; A universe of words; A universe of books; Imagination; The pink notebook; Imagination II; Rogue planet. --; Part II; Parable of the talents; Space; Race; Space II; Race II; Red Scare (haikus); Red Planet (haikus); Fear of communism; Devil girl from Mars; Brown girl from earth; The Red Planet; Amazing stories; Pulp fiction; Hero (boy's books); Prize (girl's books); The writer; Octavia's books; Remington; The writer II; The future; Part III; Adulthood rites; Stories; Science fiction; Genius; Stargazing; Black future; Kindred. --; Books by Octavia Butler --; Acknowledgments --; Endnotes --; Photo credits N2 - "From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death"-- ER -