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Singer/actor Janelle Monáe explores themes of technology, LGBTQ identity and time in the futuristic world of her debut novel.

Janelle Monae dressed to the nines as she stepped out in NYC to promote her new book. The singer-songwriter donned a latex white dress and fishnet stockings underneath a black and white coat.

Florida bans math textbooks over concerns about critical race theory, Ronny Chieng rails against America's taxation process, and Janelle Monáe discusses her book "The Memory Librarian."

Arious events are happening this week in and around DeKalb County, including an art exhibition hosted by City Schools of Decatur, the Avondale Estates State of the City Address, and the Amplify Decatur Music Festival. Several local government meetings are also scheduled for this week.

During a fawning segment on Monday’s CBS Mornings in which the co-hosts all but worshipped at her altar, singer-songwriter and author Jannelle Monáe claimed Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) is akin to the villain(s) in a story from her dystopian novel because he’s been trying to “eras[e]” Black and LGBT people, because of his “law in Texas” that bans “talking about the LGBTQIA+ communities in books” and “bans Critical Race Theory.”

The Memory Librarian continues the story of Janelle Monáe’s Grammy-nominated 2018 album Dirty Computer and its accompanying YouTube "emotion picture." The short stories in this collection extend the Afrofuturist world she established in songs like "I Like That," "Pynk," "Make Me Feel" and "Django Jane."

DUBAI: A design by up-and-coming Egyptian accessories label Aliel was spotted on US singer and songwriter Janelle Monae this week as she stepped out in New York City to promote her new book “The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer.” The hitmaker was photographed out and about in the Big Apple carrying the brand’s Jalila bag in black. Crafted in Egypt from

“I hope this book will be a beacon of light,” she says. “Even though it may be banned in certain schools, I pray that the right kids find it."

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