Assertion: butler's novel | /r/CapableOf | remain popular
Facets:
value: over the years
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of its crossover appeal
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Speaking at the occasion of Beacon Press' reissue of Kindred for its 25th Anniversary, African-American literature professor Roland L. Williams said that the novel has remained popular over the years because of its crossover appeal, which "continues to find a variety of audiences--fantasy, literary and historical" and because "it is an exceedingly well-written and compelling story… that asks you to look back in time and at the present simultaneously.