![]() ![]() Time for Dana is compressed, especially when she’s living in the past. The location is a Maryland plantation and she’s only summoned when Rufus Weylin (David Alexander Kaplan), the young son of a plantation owner, is in mortal danger. Then without warning, she is sucked into the year 1815. The year is 2016 and the location is Los Angeles. Dana James (Mallori Johnson) dreams of becoming a writer for television. The fantasy works because the reality works because both are fantastical. It’s been 43 years since the book was published and the mini-series (eight-episode season) was made for FX and is available on Hulu. Here, a slave bounces between timelines one in contemporary times and the other, in the aforementioned South. Part of the story takes place in the antebellum South and involves the miserable lives of enslaved Africans and the twisted world of white slaveholders. ![]() Butler and that novel is “Kindred.” Although wrapped in science-fiction, sort of, it’s believable. One of the most complicated novels written was penned by Octavia E. Black Financial Health Open dropdown menu. ![]()
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