"Pretty much every hip-hop act in Seattle played there!" - JONATHAN ZWICKEL, Part 4: Shake You Down For Sure, Let the Kids Dance! #LettheKidsDance #HipHopDay #JonathanZwickel
"On July 29th, 1985, in a unanimous vote, they passed Ordinance 112373!" - JONATHAN ZWICKEL, Part 1: City Gone Crazy, Let the Kids Dance! #LettheKidsDance #JonathanZwickel
"The first, and only, dance marathon in Seattle started on July 23rd, 1928!" - JONATHAN ZWICKEL, Part 1: City Gone Crazy, Let the Kids Dance! #LettheKidsDance #JonathanZwickel
"It's summertime in Seattle, 1988!" - JONATHAN ZWICKEL, Part 4: Shake You Down For Sure, Let the Kids Dance! #LettheKidsDance #Summer #SummerSolstice #FirstDayOfSummer #JonathanZwickel
"Let the kids dance!" - JONATHAN ZWICKEL, Part 7: Believe in Kids, Let the Kids Dance! #LettheKidsDance #InternationalDanceDay #JonathanZwickel
"Everything changed on April 8th, 1994!" - JONATHAN ZWICKEL, Part 5: F*ck the Laws, Let the Kids Dance! #LettheKidsDance #JonathanZwickel

All that you touch
You change.

All that you change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
Is Change.

God
Is Change.

~#OctaviaButler, #ParableOfTheSower

A wonderful profile by #JonathanZwickel in #TheSeattleTImes:
https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-expanding-orbit-of-seattle-science-fiction-writer-octavia-butler/

'adaptability ... won’t heal the damage we’ve done to each other and the planet, but it can ease us into the very uncertain future, and help us shape that future to ensure everyone is cared for.'
~Jonathan Zwickel

#literature #scienceFiction #SciFi

The expanding orbit of Seattle science fiction writer Octavia Butler

Years after her death in Seattle, Hollywood is catching up with author Octavia Butler, whose pioneering, prescient science fiction was first published in the 1970s.

The Seattle Times