A friend of mine sent me a wonderful piece called “Catching the Wild Pig”. For those of you who have never heard this parable (and I hadn’t until now), here it is: A chemistry professor at a large ...

As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's 1993 ...

Influential writer Octavia Butler’s literary legend may spread to a new type of fanbase with the introduction of a graphic novel adaptation of “Parable of the Talents,” originally published as a novel ...

At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell’s stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel hovers between ...

Octavia Butler's sci-fi novel Parable of the Sower was published 30 years ago, in 1993. This Afrofuturistic book about a dystopian America set in our time now seems positively prophetic — and a new ...

Octavia Butler is undoubtedly one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time, and it should come as no surprise that her work continues to be adapted in other media. Abrams ComicArts is ...

In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.

Last week, Jesus spoke of fraternal correction, to admonish the brother who does us wrong to move him to repentance. That is why we correct our brother: not to show our superiority (of which no true ...

For the third time now, someone has told me the parable of a Chinese farmer from 2,000 years ago. I think that means something. Not just to me, but as a sign of our times. First, an instructor shared ...

I pray that in this new year, each of us in our respective religious communities, will make a new resolution to be a neighbor ...

Ruby Modica is a specialized video game writer for GameRant, focusing on Metal Gear and other stealth/retro games where possible. She has been producing retro reviews on YouTube since 2019 and written ...

EXCLUSIVE: Dreamers, the first feature directed by producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor (Blue Story), has been acquired for UK and Irish distribution by We Are Parable. We Are Parable acquired Dreamers from ...