New Release Notes 4/19/22: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe

“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.”

Janelle Monae is many things; songwriter, actress, activist, fashion icon, musician. The list goes on and on, especially now that you can add author to her incredible collection of accomplishments. As lovers of science fiction, we can’t be more excited to be carrying this newest entry into the annals of dystopian fiction. In this radiant debut, Monae imagines a world in which a powerful few can control the memories of the subservient many; that is until one day, when Jane 57821 breaks from the shackles and does what she isn’t supposed to do: remember.

Walking in the footsteps of the greats that came before her, such as Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, and Margaret Atwood, Janelle Monae forges a new path with these emotionally raw and wonderfully sensitive stories. A can’t miss!