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In two episodes, Janelle Monáe introduced the short‑story collection, explaining it grew out of her album and film Dirty Computer and explored memory, identity and love in futuristic settings. Host Trevor Noah highlighted that it had already earned starred reviews and noted its April 19 release. Both guests presented it as an innovative debut that expanded Monáe’s artistic vision.
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A collection of short stories exploring themes of memory, identity, and love in the future, co-written with other authors. It was inspired by the album and film, "Dirty Computer", and created during the pandemic.
So this short story collection is from the soil of Dirty Computer. My album that came out in 2018 and I released a film with that.
And I knew I had more to say. Set down the pandemic 2020.
And I finally say that there's more. And you know, I was on mushrooms and I just came up with all of these thought experiments, you know, where I was like, what if there was this black woman, she was a memory keeper of this city.
What does that mean when you want to fall in love? But you know everybody's secrets. That's the first story. What does that mean?
I wrote the memory librarian with her. And I wrote this entire collection, each short story, I partnered with a writer that I...
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It is a collection of short stories, exploring themes of memory, identity, and love in futuristic settings. It was described as innovative and received starred reviews.
she's here to talk about her debut book, "The Memory Librarian"
it's already got starred reviews
this short story collection is from the soil of Dirty Computer, my album that came out in 2018
I knew I had more to say
the memory librarian will be available April 19th
