Katie | Doing Dewey

ALT It's been a while. Congrats on your book (and all the other things you've been up to)! I'm bummed I'll be out of town for your release party in Columbus. The reason I'm emailing you is in regards to the publishing company I recently started working for—Two Dollar Radio. We primarily publish works of fiction, but this summer we published our first graphic novel, and we are releasing a memoir in January '17. I help run the Radio Waves blog on our website, and recently wrote an entry about you! Eric Obenauf (Editorial Director/TDR Founder) really enjoyed reading some of your essays. In particular your piece on Lydia Loveless. I've cc'd him on the email. We wanted to reach out to see if you've ever thought about putting together a book of essays? We would be interested in working with you on this type of project. Just let me know your thoughts!

ALT So, here's where I'm at: I'm currently taking some time to give my book of poetry its best life. It just came out in late July, and I'm still doing the press/promotion cycle for it. I have considered a book of essays, but I haven't really fleshed out what that could look like beyond just knowing that it would be rooted in music. I'd love to take some time, after a few more months of making sure the poetry book can walk on its own, and then revisit this, if possible? Being from Columbus, I really appreciate seeing a Columbus publisher have the level of success that you've had here. Thanks again for reaching out, truly. It means a lot. Best, Hanif