Parable in Real Time
mayaBeginning in July 2024, Lauren Oya Olamina’s journal entries thread through our pasts, present moment, and potential futures. Read Parable of the Sower along with us in real time and receive each entry in your inbox on the date marked in Lauren's journal.
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Bay Area: Event tomorrow in the Octavia Butler universe
Parable in Real Time Readers, we hope you have been well during this lull in Lauren’s journal. For those of you in the Bay Area, we want to flag this event at the Oakland Museum tomorrow (Sunday, May 17) from 1-5 pm, which includes a screen...
Living into Octavia E. Butler's work in 2026
Hello & happy new year from the Parable in Real Time team (maya & jamayka!)
We have been on this deep journey with Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler for almost a year and a half— the first entry was on Saturday, July 20, 2024. We h...
Monday, November 3, 2025
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Keith came home tonight while Dad was visiting over at the Talcott house. I suspect that Keith hung around and watched the house and waited until Dad left. He had come to see Cory. He brought her a lot of money don...
Saturday, October 25, 2025
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2025
Keith has gone outside again. He went yesterday afternoon. Cory didn’t admit until tonight that he took not only her key this time, but her gun. He took the Smith & Wesson.
Dad refused to go out and look for him...
Thursday, August 28, 2025
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2025
Keith came back last night.
He just walked into the house during dinner, as though heʼd been outside playing football instead of gone since Saturday. And this time he looked fine. Not a mark on him. He was wearin...
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