The Memory Librarian: Five Stories About "Dirty Computer"

by Janelle Monáe, Motoko Oshino, Mayumi Adachi

The cover of Michael Jackson's song performed at the Quincy Jones Tribute at the Grammy Awards 2025 is a hot topic! 10-time Grammy nominee, appeared in the Academy Award-winning film "Moonlight". Janelle Monáe, who continues to renew the world as a singer-songwriter and actor, has finally published her first novel in translation! A society in which being a "clean person" is considered a good thing and memories are managed. Seshat, who reigns as the queen of the city center, is troubled by the fake memories that are increasing day by day. While searching for the cause, she learns that she too has erased memories-- Amber, who was given a gem by her late father, the "archivist of memories," that allows her to turn back time once in her life. She is troubled by whether to use the gem to help her family in a difficult situation--"Change Save" Based on the worldview of the Grammy-nominated album "Dirty Computer," this work collaborates with five writers to depict the problem of division that the world is currently facing. A masterpiece that has been praised by the NY Times bestseller, Washington Post, and BuzzFeed!

475 pages

Published March 25, 2025

About the author

Janelle Monáe Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actress. She is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as to her own imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society. Monáe has received eight Grammy Award nominations. Monáe won an MTV Video Music Award and the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2010.