@booklet {11574, title = {The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer}, year = {2022}, month = {2022}, pages = {313 pp.}, publisher = {Harper Voyager}, address = {New york}, abstract = {

The novel is set in a surveillance dystopia in which memories are surveilled and forcibly erased if unacceptable to regime. Significant concerns with race and gender of all varieties. All of the issues are seen through a variety of lenses. A Dirty Computer is an android who refuses to abide by the rules of the authoritarian society in which they live and subject to \“cleaning\” or having their memories removed. They originated with Mon{\'a}e\’s 2018 album Dirty Computer. The album was followed by the 2018 film Dirty Computer that can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE\&ab_channel=JanelleMon\%C3\%A1e. For full credits, see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8343642/fullcredits. The film was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

}, keywords = {African American author, Female author}, isbn = {978-0-06307-087-5 }, author = {Janelle [Robinson] Mon{\'a}e (b. 1985)} }