Parable of the Talents

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TitleParable of the Talents
Year for Search1998
AuthorsButler, Octavia E[stelle](1947-2006)
Date Published1998
PublisherSeven Stories Press
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

Sequel to 1993 Butler in which the community started in the previous volume is taken over by religious fundamentalists. 
Additional Publishers

An excerpt was published as “Parable of the Talents Chapter Four.” Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 6.2 (1999): 135-48 followed by Susan Palwick, “Imagining a Sustainable Way of Life: An Interview with Octavia Butler” (149-58). 
Info Notes

Bothered by writer’s block and health issues, she was unable to write the third volume. The fragments that exist are held in her papers at the Huntington Library. See Gerry Canavan, “‘There's Nothing New Under The Sun, But There Are New Suns’: Recovering Octavia E. Butler's Lost Parables.” Los Angeles Review of Books (June 9, 2014). https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/theres-nothing-new-sun-new-suns-recovering-octavia-e-butlers-lost-parables/
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

African American female author (1947-2006).
Full Text

1998 Butler, Octavia E[stelle] (1947-2006). Parable of the Talents. New York: Seven Stories Press. An excerpt was published as “Parable of the Talents Chapter Four.” Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 6.2 (1999): 135-48 followed by Susan Palwick, “Imagining a Sustainable Way of Life: An Interview with Octavia Butler” (149-58). PSt

Sequel to 1993 Butler in which the community started in the previous volume is taken over by religious fundamentalists. Bothered by writer’s block and health issues, she was unable to write the third volume. The fragments that exist are held in her papers at the Huntington Library. See Gerry Canavan, “‘There's Nothing New Under The Sun, But There Are New Suns’: Recovering Octavia E. Butler's Lost Parables.” Los Angeles Review of Books (June 9, 2014). https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/theres-nothing-new-sun-new-suns-recovering-octavia-e-butlers-lost-parables/ African American female author.