{"666279":{"#nid":"666279","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Black History Month: How Octavia Butler\u0027s legacy was born out of a bad science-fiction movie","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EButler also paved the way for more science fiction female writers, like Shawl, N.K. Jemisin and\u0026nbsp;Nnedi Okorafor, to flourish in the genre. \u0026quot;She was literally one of the first, if not the first, Black woman to publish in modern science fiction magazines under own name,\u0026quot; Lisa Yaszek, regents\u0026nbsp;professor of science fiction studies in the School of Literature, Media and Communication at Georgia Tech told USA TODAY last year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35798","created_gmt":"2023-02-28 18:09:45","changed_gmt":"2023-02-28 18:09:45","author":"Ayana Isles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2022\/02\/23\/octavia-butler-why-her-science-fiction-stories-remain-relevant-today\/6652253001\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}