Sale 2503 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 28, 2019

308 c   (LITERATURE.) Group of Octavia Butler papers. 42 leaves (manuscript, typescript and printed), minor wear. Vp, 1984 and undated [800/1,200] Octavia Butler (1947-2006) was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur “Genius Grant” (in 1995), and received both Hugo and Nebula awards for her work, one of the first women and first African-Americans to achieve success in this field. Offered here are: Letter Signed from Butler to Ernest Blackwell of the Schomburg Center, regarding publicity materials for an upcoming exhibition, 27 January 1984 * Related letter from her agent on the same date * Undated publicity photograph * An undated photocopied interview transcript, “A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler,” 24 pages * 6 pages of manuscript notes in an unknown hand titled “Novels with Racial Conflict as a Main Theme” * and 9 leaves of related copies and clippings.