Hi. Hey.
The second edition of my book, The Hours Before Dusk, can be found on bookshelves across the U.S. this morning.
Major retailers like Barnes & Noble, Target, Amazon, Walmart — beloved indie bookstores like McNally Jackson, Books Are Magic, Dale Zine, and more are stocking it.
The Hours Before Dusk: Finding Light in Cities Around the World
By Jenna Matecki
Illustrated by Jimmy Thompson
Published by Parea Books
Since 2005, Jenna Matecki has chronicled the moments of her life in the form of poems, short stories, and letters. Her work as a sustainability strategist and journalist has taken her to over 25 cities across four continents, where she puts words to the familiar feelings of nostalgia, curiosity, turning strangers into friends, and falling in love: for a moment, with a feeling, with a place, with the right person at the perfect time. The Hours Before Dusk is a hybrid narrative that challenges readers to find feelings of peace and joy in the everyday and to sharpen their curiosity for the world through evocative stories and poetry.
All I want to do is keep writing books like The Hours Before Dusk.
Help me make that dream come to life by buying a copy today (+ more as gifts for family and friends)?
My biggest hope is that when you read this book you feel inspired, hopeful, and light. That it invokes your most precious memories, those moments where you’ve felt the most serene, and a part of something so much bigger.
Jenna Matecki photographed by Bruna Karas
Ways you can help Jenna and team make this a bestseller:
Leave a stellar review about the book on Goodreads, StoryGraph, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and more.
Post about it excitedly on social media (feel free to use any of the images in this email)
Give copies to friends and family now, and preemptively buy some for the holidays
Ask your local indie bookstore or library to stock it, tell people to buy it
Nominate it as the next book in your book club
Read your copy intently in busy, public places while being your super fly self
Read your favorite piece to your crush as a declaration of your undying love (bonus points if you post this as a video and tag me)
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Thank you for being so damn amazing and helping me get here.
Love you,
Jenna