655804 external_news 1646060385 1646060385 <![CDATA[Black History Month: How Octavia Butler's Legacy Was Born out of a Bad Science-Fiction Movie]]> Lisa Yaszek, a regents professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article, 'Black History Month: How Octavia Butler's Legacy Was Born out of a Bad Science-Fiction Movie', published on February 23, 2022 in USA Today.

An excerpt:

"She was literally one of the first, if not the first, Black woman to publish in modern science fiction magazines under own name," Lisa Yaszek, regents professor of science fiction studies in the School of Literature, Media and Communication at Georgia Tech told USA TODAY last year. 

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