We're back! We rejoin the Earthseed community at Acorn. They have held the land, they have made a home. But they are in the slow apocalypse. And we have a new, unnamed narrator. Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown launch us into Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider.  Events: Toshi is doing a set of music featuring some songs from the Parable of the Sower opera, on March 6th at 8pm EST. Link here, free registration required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-octavia-e-butler-literary-society-conference-the-confluence-tickets-137554937521?fbclid=IwAR3NleUL_t2wxDPx9rmtOEMidwodmLyaTyhy9Hp6_Vi_eEFQSMiUKDrsF-E For UK listeners, adrienne is giving a keynote address at the Barbican Festival, on March 5th. Link here:  https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/new-suns Follow us on twitter @oparables, and support us on Patreon at Octavia's Parables.