Between winning BET’s ‘Spirit of Soul Award’ at the #SoulTrainAwards, releasing their new album ‘The Age of Pleasure,’ and dropping jaws at the Met Gala — our Co-Chair @janellemonae redefined what it means to have a banner year.
After months of being out of stock, we have hard cover editions of The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe!! The short story anthology incl months of being out of stock, we have hard cover editions of The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe!! The short story anthology includes stories by @shereereneethomas, Danny Lore, and Yohanca Delgado @yodelnyc. Purchase link in bio:@sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com| https://sistahscifi.com/products/the-memory-librarian-and-other-stories-of-dirty-computer-by-janelle-monae Reposted @readinginjenue 🫧 The Memory Librarian by @JanelleMonáe SYNOPSIS: In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of liberation—queerness, race, gender plurality, and love—become tangled with future possibilities of memory and time in such a totalitarian landscape…and what the costs might be when trying to unravel and weave them into freedoms. 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—The Memory Librarian 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. Thank you to partners @bibliolifestyle and @harpervoyagerus for this gifted copy. 🔖 #thememorylibrarian #janellemonae #janellemonáe #bibliolifestyle #igreads #bibliophile #bookphotography #booksofinstagram #bookishpost #bookishfeatures #booknerd #bookishflatlay #booklover #bookstagrammer #ilovebooks #bookblogger #booklove #bookgram #booksofig #becauseofreading #fortheloveofbooks #whattoread #readingismagic #booksbooksbooks #teacherswhoread #iteachhighschoolenglish #sistahscifi (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpfkhhML36W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
So many black icons and legends won awards and were recognized at the NAACP awards last night. In summary #AngelaBassett was the big winner at the 54th NAACP Image Awards !! She took home 3 awards! #AbbottElementary creator and star #QuintaBrunson accepted the award for outstanding comedy series. #WillSmith won outstanding actor in a motion picture for his performance in the slavery epic “Emancipation,” his first award since Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars in 2022. Smith did not attend the ceremony, so presenter #JanelleMonáe accepted on his behalf. Happy black history month!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CpIeQ8EpNy5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Film Review: GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (2022): Daniel Craig is Back in a Wild Mystery Sequel with Plenty of Twists and Turns
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Houston, it’s time to call your #VotingSquad and get like them — early voting is officially underway in the runoff election for mayor and city council!
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La categoria delle supporter femminili come quella dei supporter maschili ha un'evoluzione differente nella logica delle previsioni per gli Oscar, perché a differenza di quella del Miglior attore e della Miglior attrice, che abbiamo già analizzato negli articoli precedenti, è soggetta più facilmente ad una serie di variazioni determinate dalle strategie scelte dalle case di produzione per le proprie campagne per gli Oscar (For Your Consideration). In quest'ottica accade molte spesso di vedere interpretazioni gareggiare nelle categorie dei supporter malgrado la loro centralità nel film con il solo scopo di ottenere più chance per la vittoria (vedi Daniel Kaluuya per Judas and The Black Messiah nel 2021 e Viola Davis per Fences nel 2017). Quest'anno ci sono molti film che possono arricchire questa categoria: dall'apprezzatissimo film corale Women Talking (in testa Jessie Buckley seguita da Claire Foy e Rooney Mara) alla pellicola d'inchiesta She Said (Zoe Kazan e Patricia Clarckson), dal campione di incassi Everything Everywhere all at once (Jamie Lee-Curtis e Stephanie Hsu) alla triade veneziana formata da The Son (Vanessa Kirby e Laura Dern), The Whale (Said Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton) e TÁR (Nina Hoss e Noémie Merlant). Lo scorso anno 3 performance che ho indicato nelle previsioni di settembre 2022 hanno ottenuto successivamente la nomination all’Oscar. Ecco di seguito una potenziale graduatoria sulle attrici che hanno più chance di entrare nella prossima Stagione dei Premi nella categoria Miglior attrice non protagonista. Allora, occhio alla lista! (LINK IN BIO) #MargotRobbie (Amsterdam) #KerryCondon (Gli Spiriti dell'isola) #ZoeKazan (She Said) #HongChau (The Whale) #JanelleMonáe (Glass Onion a knives out mistery) #AnneHathaway (Armageddon Time) #JamieLeeCurtis(Everything Everywhere all at once) #ClaireFoy (Women Talking) #StephanieHsu(Everything Everywhere all at once) #JeanSmart (Babylon) #LauraDern (The Son) #SadieSink (The Whale) #VanessaKirby(The Son) #JessieBuckley(Women Talking) #MichelleWilliams(The Fabelmans) #BestsupportingActress #Oscars2023 #oscarspredictions https://www.instagram.com/p/CimlR5PMRD3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Who finished reading The Memory Librarian?!? While ALL the stories are *amazing*, we want to know which was your favorite. Vote in the comments! We will work to invite the collaborator for your favorite story to a Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday in November. Our favorite is Save Changes. If you haven't read The Memory Librarian, you can purchase using the link in our bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com or check it out from your local #library! In The Memory Librarian, Janelle Monáe and an esteemed cohort of collaborating writers bring to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of her album Dirty Computer, exploring how different threads of liberation -- queerness, race, gender plurality and love—become tangled with future possibilities of memory and time in such a totalitarian landscape. “In this moving, triumphant collection, singer Monáe returns to the dystopian world of her Dirty Computer concept album and short film...This is a knockout.” –Publishers Weekly, *starred review @publisherswkly “Blistering, hopeful, and richly written. . . All readers will finish the book craving more of these extremely queer, bold stories that battle gatekeeping and erasure, digging into both the worst potential of a surveillance state and the gritty glimmer of the rebellion that can defeat it.” —Booklist, *starred review Collaborators Save Changes - YOHANCA DELGADO @yodelnyc Timebox - EVE L. EWING @eve.ewing The Memory Librarian - ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON @alayadj Nevermind - DANNY LORE @weredawgz Timebox Altar(ed) - SHEREE RENÉE THOMAS @SHEREERENÉETHOMAS @harpervoyagerus , @williammorrowbooks , and @janellemonae #thememorylibrarian #janellemonae #janellemonáe #newrelease #afrofuturism #shortstories #futurism #scifi #readersofinstagram #readersofig #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #dirtycomputer #bookobsessed #sciencefiction #booksaremyhappyplace #sistahscifi #booksofinstagram #booksofig // @HarperCollins @monaedroid @librofm @free_kgd https://www.instagram.com/p/CgzO6chLOZE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=