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Duffy said they chose to adapt the novel because its themes seemed relevant today.

11 at 7 p.m., the Urbana Free Library will host a Zoom discussion with Damian Duffy, an alumnus and lecturer in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Information Sciences.ĭuffy wrote a graphic novel adaptation of “Parable of the Sower” with John Jennings, an alumnus of the School of Art and Design, a former Illinois faculty member and a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside.

Each is hosting its own programming in connection with it, Rivera said. The University Library and residence hall libraries on campus the Champaign and Urbana public libraries and the Champaign Central, Urbana and University Laboratory high school libraries are participating in the community read of the novel. “Toshi Reagon has shared that she hopes that the opera can inspire people to continue to explore the themes in the novel, whether it’s staying with Butler’s work or exploring other related works of literature or art,” Rivera said.Īlign image left align image center align image right Butler’s Parable of the Sower,” will be presented at Krannert Center Feb. Reagon is a composer, musician, musical director and producer who created the opera with her mother, the singer and composer Bernice Johnson Reagon. “With the presentation of the opera came the opportunity to create a series of artist-engagement and community-engagement opportunities,” said Monique Rivera, the co-director of engagement for Krannert Center.Ĭreating connections for a community to explore the novel’s ideas is important to Toshi Reagon, the creator of the opera, Rivera said. The project includes a community read and discussions of Butler’s novel, a related art exhibit and a Krannert Center presentation of an opera based on the novel. The novel is the focus of a year-long project, Parable Path CU, led by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Butler’s dystopian novel “Parable of the Sower” is centered around themes that seem particularly resonant today – climate change, economic instability, social chaos and government corruption.