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A portrait of Octavia Butler in poems: Ibi Zoboi’s STAR CHILD

by Mary E. Cronin | Jan 20, 2023 | Poetry, We Need Diverse Books

There’s one book I can’t stop thinking about– STAR CHILD: A BIOGRAPHICAL CONSTELLATION OF OCTAVIA ESTELLE BUTLER by Ibi Zoboi. The brilliant combination of poetry and nonfiction is what drew me to Zoboi’s amazing middle-grade biography of author Octavia...

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