Join us for a book discussion of the \ ;graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable o f the Sower \;with special guest \;author/letter er Damian Duffy. \; Damian Duffy and his co-author\, artist John Jenni ngs\, have co-authored the award-winning graphic novel adaptations of both Kindred and Parabl e of the Sower.
\nParable of the Sower takes place in the early 2020s\, when global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos. California becomes full of dangers\ , from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anythin g to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old African American Lauren Ola mina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father\, family\, an d neighbors\, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where a ny vulnerability is a risk\, she suffers from hyperempathy\, a debilitatin g sensitivity to others&rsquo\; emotions. \; \;Precocious and clea r-eyed\, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved on es from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: th e birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
\ nDamian Duffy \;is a cartoonist\, scholar\, writer\, curator\, lect
urer\, teacher\, and a Glyph Comics\, Eisner Comics\, and Bram Stoker Awar
d-winning\, #1 \;New York Times \;bestselling graphic novelist. He
holds a MS and PhD in Library and Information Sciences from the Universit
y of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where he teaches courses on computers
&\; culture\, and social media &\; global change. \; \;His m
any publications range from academic essays (in comics form) on new media
&\; learning\, to art books about underrepresentation in comics culture
\, to editorial comics\, to a graphic novel adaptations of \;
This event is part of the Parable Path series of events\, coordinated by Krannert Center for the Pe rforming Arts. \; \;
\nThere will be discussion groups and a rts programming taking place throughout the year\, culminating in a perfor mance of The Parable of the Sower Opera at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in February 2022. \ ; Cosponsors of the Parable of the Path series include The Urbana Free Lib rary\, the Champaign Public Library ( Douglass Branch and Main Branch)\, University Library at the University of Illinois\, University of Illinois Residence Hall Libraries\, \;Champaign Central High School Library\, University Laboratory High School Library\, and the Urbana High School Lib rary.
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