[2] From 2012 to 2016, Hanauer was a member of the indie rock band Adventures with current Code Orange band members Reba Meyers, Jami Morgan, Joe Goldman, and Dominic Landolina.
[6] In 2013, Hanauer developed Paradise Now, an open-ended game in which participants must follow abstract instructions to earn points.
The title of the game comes from the film Paradise Now, which focused on the lives of two Palestinian suicide bombers through a humanistic lens.
Hanauer was inspired to start the publishing house after volunteering as an ESL creative writing teacher at the Refugee Youth Project (RYP) in Baltimore.
The book featured conversations with various artists and activists in Baltimore, including Jenné Afiya (Balti Gurls), Fire Angelou (Daughters of the Diaspora), Emeline Boehringer & Kory Sanders (Beast Grrl Collective), Sarrita Hunn (Temporary Art Review).