Academic Editing
In developmentally editing academic books, I heavily favor texts oriented around radical justice. If you are interested in working together, please email me at tamieparkersong@gmail.com. Books I have developmentally edited include:
Robert Wyrod, AIDS and Masculinity in the African City: Privilege, Inequality, and Modern Manhood. University of California Press, 2016.
Barbara Owen, In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women's Imprisonment. University of California Press, 2017.
Khaled Beydoun, American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear. University of California Press, 2019. [Highly recommend following Khaled on social media.]
Michael Kimmel, Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into—and Out of—Violent Extremism. University of California Press, 2018.
Jocelyn Elise Crowley. Gray Divorce: What We Lose and Gain from Mid-Life Splits. University of California Press, 2018.
Robert Courney Smith, Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn but Check His Papers. Forthcoming.
Helena Hansen, Jules Netherland, David Hertzberg, Whiteout: How Racial Capital Changed the Color of Heroin in America. University of California Press. 2025. [This is a video of one of the authors giving a talk on the subject]
Laliv Melamed, Sovereign Intimacy: Private Media and the Traces of Colonial Violence. University of California Press. 2023. [I highly recommend this interview with Laliv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulU5qxK_0XE]
Robert Eschmann, When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age. University of California Press. 2023. [Highly recommend a deep dive into Robert’s website and social media.]
Blanche Bong Cook, Jeffrey Epstein: Pedophiles, Prosecutors, and Power. Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice. Volume 26. 2023.
Oneya Okuwobi, Who Pays for Diversity? University of California Press. 2025.
Creative Nonfiction
I am accepting clients who want to work with a developmental editor on their creative nonfiction. With an MFA from the University of Southern Maine in creative nonfiction, and a number of published essays under my belt, I am eager to work with writers at any stage of creating, and on texts or of any length. If you are interested in working with me, please email me and introduce yourself and your project. Creative works I have worked on as an editor:
Deepak Singh, How May I Help You?An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage. University of California Press, 2017.
Rena Gower, Infertility 101: A Quick and Concise Guide to the Club You Never Wanted to Join.
Julie Weissman, forthcoming memoir.
Tele Aadsen.
Alok Vaid-Menon, Your Wound, My Garden.