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As UCLA fell from the top of the Pac-12’s gymnastics ranks in recent years, California moved in to fill the void. During the past two years in which the Bruins failed to advance to the NCAA…

By BEATRICE DUPUY and JOHN CARUCCI Janelle Monáe brought a bit of the future to the Met Gala, donning a glittering Ralph Lauren look.The…

By BEATRICE DUPUY and JOHN CARUCCI Janelle Monáe brought a bit of the future to the Met Gala, donning a glittering Ralph Lauren look.The…

There’s an old story about Octavia Butler that I often return to: A young man once asked the visionary science fiction novelist the answer to ending all the suffering in the world. “There…

Janelle Monáe has done it all. She’s an accomplished musician, activist, actor, fashion icon — and, with the release of “The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer” last week,…

Janelle Monáe’s gender-identity journey is continuing, with the queer multitalented artist coming out publicly this week as nonbinary. And what are Monáe’s pronouns, you might ask? “My…

By PTI LOS ANGELES: Singer Janelle Monae has announced that she is non-binary, four years after coming out as pansexual. According to NBC news, Monae made the…

(Justin J Wee / For The Times) On the Shelf The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer By Janelle MonáeHarper: 336 pages, $29If you buy books linked…

On the Shelf I'll Be You By Janelle BrownRandom House: 328 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support…

Singer Janelle Monáe, poet Amanda Gorman, novelist Jonathan Franzen and actor Billy Porter are among the authors set to appear at the Los Angeles Times’ Festival of Books this year.On…