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Dessa: My Own Devices

Rapper, musician and performer Dessa is a multidisciplinary artist who transcends categorization, and her new memoir/ story collection encapsulates her nature perfectly. My Own Devices explores the myriad experiences and musings of this renaissance woman. From the story of her dad engaging in a 7 yer-long endeavor to build a plane in their backyard, to her foray into the field of neuroscience as a test subject, and even the yearning trial of recording a song for the Hamilton mixtape in a Minneapolis basement, these anecdotes are packed with as much intriguing science as they are raw emotion.

Dessa finds unconventional approaches to all of her subjects–polymerizing her lived experience with academic research and a poet’s cadence. In the vein of thinkers who defy categorization, we get the debut of a deft, appealing, and uncommon voice.

Jennifer Keeney Sendrow, WNYC’s Executive Producer for The Greene Space + Multiplatform Content will join Dessa in conversation.

Presented by CLIF GreenNotes

Dessa is a rapper, a singer, and an essayist with a hip-hop crew called Doomtree. She’s landed on the Billboard Top 200 list as a solo artist (Parts of Speech, Chime), as a Doomtree member (All Hands), and as a contributor to The Hamilton Mixtape. As a writer, she’s contributed to the New York Times Magazine, MPR, the Star Tribune, Minnesota Monthly, literary journals across the country, and has published two short collections of poetry and essays. She now splits her time between New York City, Minneapolis, and a tour van cruising at six miles per hour above the posted limit.











When: Tue., Sep. 18, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: $26 Admission & Signed Copy grants you admission for one, plus one signed copy of the book. $15 Admission & Gift Card grants you admission for one, plus one $15 gift card to our store.
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Rapper, musician and performer Dessa is a multidisciplinary artist who transcends categorization, and her new memoir/ story collection encapsulates her nature perfectly. My Own Devices explores the myriad experiences and musings of this renaissance woman. From the story of her dad engaging in a 7 yer-long endeavor to build a plane in their backyard, to her foray into the field of neuroscience as a test subject, and even the yearning trial of recording a song for the Hamilton mixtape in a Minneapolis basement, these anecdotes are packed with as much intriguing science as they are raw emotion.

Dessa finds unconventional approaches to all of her subjects–polymerizing her lived experience with academic research and a poet’s cadence. In the vein of thinkers who defy categorization, we get the debut of a deft, appealing, and uncommon voice.

Jennifer Keeney Sendrow, WNYC’s Executive Producer for The Greene Space + Multiplatform Content will join Dessa in conversation.

Presented by CLIF GreenNotes

Dessa is a rapper, a singer, and an essayist with a hip-hop crew called Doomtree. She’s landed on the Billboard Top 200 list as a solo artist (Parts of Speech, Chime), as a Doomtree member (All Hands), and as a contributor to The Hamilton Mixtape. As a writer, she’s contributed to the New York Times Magazine, MPR, the Star Tribune, Minnesota Monthly, literary journals across the country, and has published two short collections of poetry and essays. She now splits her time between New York City, Minneapolis, and a tour van cruising at six miles per hour above the posted limit.

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