Kindred by Octavia Butler (1979; 2004) - a classic time travel novel about a heroine caught between two worlds.

To access the Kindred book link, please click here. Once there, please click on the link “EBL online monographs purchased”. To read online, click on "Read Online."

• Antebellum. See this blog post about Kindred and Antebellum.

• Kindred: a Graphic Novel Adaptation   / by Damian Duffy and John Jennings. 2017.

• The Grand Cultural Influence of Octavia Butler.

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Octavia E. Butler was born in Pasadena, CA, on June 22, 1947. She passed away on February 24, 2006, in Forest Lake Park, Washington. She is known for writing science fiction novels and also for being a successful African American woman writing in this genre.   

Below are a few biographical resources to help illuminate Octavia Butler's life and work.

• "Octavia E. Butler." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2012. Gale Literature Resource Center, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000014521/LitRC?u=ucirvine&sid=LitRC&xid=841e7090. Accessed 18 May 2020.
• Govan, Sandra Y. "Butler, Octavia." The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. : Oxford University Press, 2005. Oxford Reference. Date Accessed 18 May 2020. <https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195066081.001.0001/acref-9780195066081-e-0121>.
• Hampton, Gregory. "In Memoriam: Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)." Callaloo, vol. 29 no. 2, 2006, p. 245-248. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cal.2006.0099.

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• Interview with Octavia Butler by Joshunda Sanders - Art Changes / In Motion Magazine, inmotionmagazine.com/ac04/obutler.html.

• "Octavia Butler interview - transcending barriers." YouTube. Accessed 05.19.2020. https://youtu.be/KG68v0RGHsY.

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• Steinberg, Marc. “Inverting History in Octavia Butler’s Postmodern Slave Narrative.” African American Review, vol. 38, no. 3, Fall 2004, pp. 467–476. EBSCOhost, doi:10.2307/1512447.   
• Yaszek, Lisa. “‘A Grim Fantasy’: Remaking American History in Octavia Butler’s Kindred.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society, vol. 28, no. 4, Summer 2003, p. 1053. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1086/368324. 

Use this link to discover selected criticism about Kindred from the Gale Literature Resource Center.