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Apr 14, 2022 · 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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The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer is a collection of short fiction by Janelle Monáe, written in collaboration with Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, and Sheree Renée Thomas.
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 ...
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May 6, 2022 · The titular story, The Memory Librarian, cowritten with Alaya Dawn Johnson, follows Seshet, a government employee whose job is to gather, catalog, inspect and, if necessary, redact memories routinely collected from the citizens of New Dawn.
May 26, 2022 · A memory: in 2018 hip-hop artist Janelle Monáe released her third album, Dirty Computer. The brilliant and multifaceted composition – and the accompanying film – was a continuation of Monáe’s interest in musically diverse concept albums rooted in explorations and defenses of individual identity, and rich in science fictional themes and ...
Taking place in the same universe as Dirty Computer, The Memory Librarian is a collection of short stories set after Jane 57821’s daring escape. In the introduction “Breaking Dawn,” Monáe’s world unfolds like a memory uncurling itself within the corners of your mind.
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Apr 14, 2022 · The Memory Librarian is full of memorable and believable characters struggling valiantly against forces of oppression. It confirms Monáe’s incredible power of imagination and creativity whatever medium she’s working in, and the ability and talent of her co-writers in bringing her vision alive on the page.
