Parable of the Sower isn't Octavia Butler's best book, but it's certainly the most relevant. Published in 1993 & set in 2024, #climatechange and social inequalities have made the US uninhabitable.

Protest in Red Bank, NJ #RESIST #DUMPTRUMP #womensrights #transrights #bluenj #magagotohell

Playing originals alongside Jersey City classics Beeman & Bannon, Terry Haman, Broadway Steve Baker, and Nicholas Ciavatta! Be there for good sandwiches, hot coffee, and tight spaces! #njmusic #njoriginalmusic #folkrock #njdiy #cowboymusic #protestmusic #harmonica #acousticguitar #njshows

Just finished reading this for the third time. I'd read it first back in high school at the rec of my friend, Robyn. I read it again maybe 10 years ago. This third read was done in New Orleans, the setting of the novel. Being in the city helped me put so much together that I hadn't gotten before.

Dismayed egg in toast, gazing upon a disinterested sky. #nola #neworleans #toast

Me and Ignatius down by the Walgreens. #aconfederacyofdunces #literarylandmarks #nola #neworleans

Still stuck in #nola #sneauxpocalypse #strandedinnola

It's adding up.

The fabulous food of New Orleans.

Snowed-in in New Orleans!