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Lädt ... A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler (Original 2020; 2020. Auflage)von Lynell George (Autor)
Werk-InformationenA Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler von Lynell George (2020)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This book is based on George's time going over the Butler papers at the Huntington Library. It's not a biography or anything; it's meant to give you insight into Butler's working mind and thought process. How did she perceive herself as a writer? Unfortunately, I felt like there wasn't enough of Butler and there was too much George, who seemed to be getting in the way of her subject. Those papers will be the basis of a really good book someday, but this isn't it. https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3725489.html It is beautifully produced, and conveys very well the sense of awe and reverence that anyone who has ever done archival research knows from dealing with original first-hand materials. But I learned very little from it about what Butler thought she was doing with her work, what her influences were, what external forces pushed her in one direction or the other. It is more of an extended meditation on how Lynelle George feels about Octavia E. Butler and her personal records, which is all very well, but not as interesting as I had hoped for. In case you are reading this after the 2021 Hugo ballot has closed, you can get it here. Of the Butleriana on the ballot this year, I much prefer the graphic novel adaptation of Parable of the Sower. This is an account of how Octavia E. Butler became Octavia E. Butler, the wonderful writer we loved, and lost too soon. Lynell George gives us Butler's life and development into a writer through Butler's own eyes and words as much as possible. Butler's full name was Octavia Estelle Butler; her mother was Octavia Margaret Butler. In her younger years, she went by Estelle. Estelle was a quiet, shy girl--and the more she pursued her ambition to become a writer, the more she realized she needed to develop a more assertive, outward-facing personality. That greater assertiveness was necessary because black girls growing up in the 1950s and 1960s weren't expected to become writers, or pursue any intellectual careers. Some of the obstacles she faced included her slight dyslexia, teachers who didn't have patience or understanding for helping her overcome it, classmates who bullied the big, seemingly slow, socially awkward girl. Others included those who loved and cared for her most, including her Aunt Hazel, who told her, at thirteen, that "Negroes can't be writers." They were trying to protect her from disappointment and heartbreak, and to steer her towards "safer" careers like being a secretary, but Butler didn't give up. Some of the advantages she had were that Pasadena was a racially and ethnically diverse community, and in taking the public buses everywhere, she encountered a wide variety of people of different backgrounds, cultures, and occupations. Another advantage was the accessibility of the Pasadena Central Library, that gave her access to all the books her hoarded pennies couldn't buy. (I'm a decade younger; I remember when 75¢ was a bit expensive for a paperback, and 95¢ was just outrageous. Pennies.) When she was in her teens and starting to submit her first stories, that library became her access to the magazine The Writer, that gave her access to the knowledge of how to format a manuscript, how to submit a story, and other essential details of the business of being a writer. Along the way, Butler was determined to support herself, and worked a wide variety of temporary and part-time jobs, and started developing and trying out her more assertive "Octavia" personality in order to do the things she needed to do.. This is the barest overview of just the early part of her career, and George tells us better and tells us more. In doing so, she combines her own research with Butler's words from her own journals, and gives us an inside look at what a writer's life, at least this great writer from a seemingly unpromising background, is like. Highly recommended. I bought this audiobook. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and "MacArthur Genius" Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe -- how to be in the world. This audiobook is about the creative process. Author Lynell George not only engages the world that shaped Octavia E. Butler, she also explores the very specific processes through which Butler shaped herself-her unique process of self-making. It's about creating a life with what little you have -- hand-me-down books, repurposed diaries, journals, stealing time to write in the middle of the night, making a small check stretch -- bit by bit by bit. A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky draws the listener into Butler's world, creating a sense of unmatched intimacy with the deeply private writer. There's a great resurgence of interest in Butler's work. Readers have been turning to her writing to make sense of contemporary chaos, to find a plot point that might bring clarity or calm. Her books have become the centerpiece of book-group discussions, while universities and entire cities have chosen her titles to anchor "Big Read," "Freshman Read," and "One Book/One City" programs. The interest has gone beyond the printed page; Ava DuVernay is adapting Butler's novel Dawn for television. A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky brings Octavia's prescient wisdom and careful thinking out of the novel and into the world. A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky will be beloved by both scholars and fans of Butler, as well as aspiring writers and creatives who are looking for a model or a spark of inspiration. It offers a survey of a creative life -- a map that others can follow. Butler once wrote that science fiction was simply "a handful of earth, a handful of sky, and everything in between." This audiobook offers a slice of the in between. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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