Triumphant Musical Adaptation Shows the Power of Butler's Parable of the Sower

One of Octavia E. Butler's editors shares how a new opera highlights the prescience and beauty of the late author's dystopian masterpiece.

By Betsy Mitchell | Published Oct 17, 2017

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Parable of the Sower opera — Toshi Reagon (left) and Octavia E. Butler’s literary agent, Merrilee Heifetz.
Photo Credit: Betsy Mitchell

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