For the Love of Literature
BY KHADIJA POUNSEL
A BUTLER PAST. Reminded of my goal to explore two genres: graphic novels and Afro-futuristic literature, I begin researching the latter. The name called in article after article is a familiar one: Octavia Butler. While her titles like Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents and Kindred are familiar to me, as a younger woman …
Inflicted
BY STEPHANIE TEASLEY
INFLICTED. Adana Bond was the world champion at losing her possessions. Her parents didn’t seem to mind; most of her items were hand-me-downs from her older sister, fourteen-year-old Dedra, who was shooting up at an alarming rate. Adana was also tall, one of the few physical traits …