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The typewriter that helped Octavia Butler imagine the future

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Groundbreaking science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote her first 10 novels on a powder blue manual typewriter, now an artifact in the Smithsonian Institution's collection.

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The typewriter that helped Octavia Butler imagine the future

Groundbreaking science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote her first 10 novels on a powder blue manual typewriter, now an artifact in the Smithsonian Institution's collection.

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WBUR broke the news in Boston, United States on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
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