8.23.25 | ‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at Octavia E. Butler | NYT | Review

8.22.25 | Critics Picks: Books of the Summer | 4 Columns | Roundup/Review

8.21.25 | Celebrating Octavia Butler’s “Positive Obsession” | The Chicago Review of Books | Review

8.20.25 | Best Books of 2025 so far | The New Yorker | Roundup/Review

8.19.25 | Exploring Octavia Butler’s Beginnings as a Sci-Fi Trailblazer: Susana M. Morris on the Early Writing of a Literary Icon | Lit Hub | Excerpt

Sept 2025 issue | Octavia E. Butler finds a kindred spirit in her biographer, Susana M. Morris | Book Page | Interview

8.18.25 | Positive Obsession (Starred Review) | Book Page | Review

8.9.25 | Why the internet is still obsessed with Octavia E. Butler, years after her death | NBC Blk | Interview/Review

7.30.25 | 22 Books Coming in August | NYT | Review

7.16.25 | Positive Obsession chronicles the Visionary World of Octavia Butler | New Day Seattle | KING5 TV | Interview

5.23.25 | Review | Publisher’s Weekly | Review

5.15.25 | Review | Kirkus | Review

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