HeyJaredParable in Real Time
Beginning in July 2024, Lauren Oya Olamina’s journal entries thread through our pasts, present moment, and potential futures. Read Parable of the Sower along with us in real time and receive each entry in your inbox on the date marked in Lauren's journal.
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Saturday, August 29, 2026 (opens the original)
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I havenʼt been able to write a word since Wednesday. I donʼt know what to write. The body was Keithʼs. I never saw it, of course. Dad said he tried to keep Cory from seeing it. The things someone had done to Keith before he died… I donʼt want to write about this, but I need to. Sometimes writing about a thing makes it easier to stand. Someone had cut and burned away most of my brothers skin. Everywhere except his face. They burned out his eyes, but left the rest of his face intact—like they want
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (opens the original)
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Today, my parents had to go downtown to identify the body of my brother Keith.From Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Monday, July 20, 2026 (opens the original)
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Keith came to see me just before dark. He found me walking home from the Talcott house where Curtis had been wishing me a very happy birthday. We’ve been very careful, Curtis and I, but somewhere or other, he’s gotten a supply of condoms. They’re old fashioned, but they work. And there’s an unused darkroom in a corner of the Talcott garage. Keith scared me out of a very sweet mood. He came from behind two houses without making a sound. He had almost reached me before I realized someone was there
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