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Genre Tokenism Today: The New Octavia Butler was a panel at WisCon 31 (2007).
- Series: Politics, Race, Class, and Religion
- Location: Senate B
- Time: Saturday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Description: After the untimely death of the great writer Octavia E. Butler, some have asked who will take her place. A panel of African-descended women currently writing genre fiction addresses this question, talking about Octavia's oeuvre and their own: similarities, differences, market forces, and the pressures to model their contributions to the field on hers. How many ways is this question just plain wrong? Who has a vested interest in there being "an Octavia," new or old? What would "a new Octavia" look like? How does her literary legacy affect the field today, and how might it do so in the future? And how does this legacy relate to this disturbing question?
Panelists: M: Nora Jemison (moderator), K Tempest Bradford, Candra K. Gill, Nnedi Nkemdili Okorafor-Mbachu, Nisi Shawl
Transcripts, panel reports, notes
- Panel transcript notes are forthcoming from Liz Henry