Jacksonville Public Library

The memory librarian, [and other stories of Dirty Computer], by Janelle Monáe, with various collaborators

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The memory librarian

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by Janelle Monáe, with various collaborators

[and other stories of Dirty Computer]

Singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar, Janelle Monáe presents a collection of tales from the bold vision and powerful Afrofuturistic themes of her acclaimed album, <i>Dirty Computer</i>. <i>Dirty Computer</i> 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's convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate. That was until Jane 57821 decided to remember and break free. Expanding from that mythos, these stories fully explore what it's like to live in such a totalitarian existence...and what it takes to get out of it. Building off the traditions of speculative writers such as Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, Becky Chambers, and Nnedi Okorafor -- and filled with the artistic genius and powerful themes that have made Monáe a worldwide icon in the first place -- <i>The Memory Librarian</i> serves readers tales grounded in the human trials of identity expression, technology, and love, but also reaching through to the worlds of memory and time within, and the stakes and power that exists there. --Adapted from container

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