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Octavia Butler, Audre Lorde, and the Power of Pleasure
"I also think the acclaim around the Parables sometimes eclipses Butler’s other work, which is just as fascinating, just as disturbing and challenging."
In Xenogenesis, the Oankali can exude chemicals that drug humans with a thought and heal with a touch. They manipulate their own genetic makeup and easily heal their own bullet wounds. Yet they depend on their human relationships in order to live.
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