In 2012, Toyin Ojih Odutola published her first monograph, "Alphabet: A Selected Index of Anecdotes and Drawings," a second edition of her MFA thesis document. In this revised version, she expands upon her thesis using the metaphor of language, pairing randomly selected writings with artworks—in process and completed—made during her graduate education and progression. Distinctive changes in the second edition include more plates of artworks, which were omitted from the original thesis document.