Octavia Butler has been a beacon for thousands of us. This award will continue her legacy making sure that others will find their way to harbor.

She put others ahead of herself and that's what we're going to do. We want her legacy to continue.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him.

We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

There was a whole black experience from the hippie movement. It's a whole new world.