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A review by stevendedalus
A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler by Lynell George
4.0
A lovely piece of journalism, diving deep through Butler's notes to create a poetic portrait of her development as a writer and her unique perspective.
Extrapolating from journals and marginalia but not stretching far, it gives a wonderful sense of place and Butler's persistence and circumstances.
It does repeat and circle back, retreading the same terrain, albeit showing different facets and with a flowery prose that is seductive and lovely.
It's a neat bio, with a scrapbook collage quality that grounds Butler and keeps the flights of psychologizing in check.
Extrapolating from journals and marginalia but not stretching far, it gives a wonderful sense of place and Butler's persistence and circumstances.
It does repeat and circle back, retreading the same terrain, albeit showing different facets and with a flowery prose that is seductive and lovely.
It's a neat bio, with a scrapbook collage quality that grounds Butler and keeps the flights of psychologizing in check.