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Seshet is a queer Black woman working for New Dawn as the titular memory librarian. She works to enforce New Dawn’s rules by deleting and manipulating the population’s memories, though she turns a blind eye to some rebel groups that she considers harmless.
Apr 14, 2022 · Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts—as a means of self-conception—could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and sentience was dictated by those who’d convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate.
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Apr 19, 2022 · “The Memory Librarian,” an anthology that adapts the themes of Monáe’s 2018 album, “ Dirty Computer ,” into literature, lacks that proportion, its flimsy tales drenched in sci-fi tropes but...
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Apr 17, 2022 · The artist builds on the Afrofuturistic world from her 2018 album in a new short story collection titled The Memory Librarian. She tells NPR about her nightmare that inspired the project.
From groundbreaking musician, actor, fashion icon and futurist JANELLE MONÁE and an outstanding group of collaborators comes THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN, a collection of short fiction, bringing to the written page the rebellious and Afrofuturistic world of Monáe’s critically acclaimed album Dirty Computer. “In this moving, triumphant collection ...
Apr 19, 2022 · In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, futurist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the...
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In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of liberation—queerness, race, gender plurality, and love—become ...
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