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Rayson-Locke, Jonathan. “What Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ Can Teach Catholics.” National Catholic Reporter, vol. 57, no. 16, May 2021, p. 15. EBSCOhost, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgac&AN=edsgac.A663639441&site=eds-live.

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