All that she touched: the "lucky ones" gather to remember the author they knew as a mentor and friend.(tribute: Octavia E. Butler, June 22, 1947-February 24, 2006)(Obituary) Black Issues Book Review | May 1, 2006| | COPYRIGHT 2006 Cox, Matthews & Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

IT SEEMED MOST FITTING THAT WE SHOULD remember her in a bookstore. So there we were, about 50 of us--writers, readers, educators, friends. Octavia had been gone more than a week, and we were hungry for the company of other mourners. So many, after all, have yet to discover exactly how much we lost in Octavia. So many do not yet understand why she won the MacArthur "genius" grant, the Nebula and the Hugo Awards. So many will pick up Kindred (Doubleday, 1979) for the first time tomorrow and discover her genius anew. Those of us who knew her already--the lucky ones who laughed ...

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