<p><a href="https://amandamerpaw.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Merpaw</a> is a poet, writer, editor, educator, and researcher. Her writing has appeared in <em>Arc Poetry Magazine, CV2, Grain, Literary Review of Canada</em>, <em>The Maynard, Prairie Fire</em>, <em>PRISM International</em>, and <em>Room</em>. She was shortlisted for <em>Arc Poetry Magazine’s</em> 2022 Poem of the Year Contest.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Her first chapbook, <a href="http://www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products/put-the-ghosts-down-between-us-by-amanda-merpaw" target="_blank"><em>Put the Ghosts Down Between Us</em></a>, was released in 2021 by Anstruther Press and her debut poetry collection is forthcoming from Palimpsest Press in Spring 2024. She is currently a contributing editor at <em>Arc Poetry Magazine</em> and a member of the editorial board at Anstruther Press. She is also a PhD student in queer and disability studies at the University of Toronto.</p><br/><p>You can buy Amanda's chapbook on the Anstruther press website <a href="http://www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products/put-the-ghosts-down-between-us-by-amanda-merpaw" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br/><p>As always, we would love to hear from you. Have you tried <a href="https://anchor.fm/ehpoetrypodcast/message" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sending me a message</a> on the <a href="https://anchor.fm/ehpoetrypodcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eh Poetry Podcast page yet</a>? Either way, we would like to reward you for checking out these episode notes with a special limited time coupon for 15% off your next purchase of <a href="https://www.marysbsweets.com/">Mary's Brigadeiro</a>'s amazing chocolate, simply use the code "<a href="https://www.marysbsweets.com/discount/ehpoetrypodcast" target="_blank">ehpoetrypodcast</a>" on the checkout page of your order.</p><br/><p>If you are a poet in Canada and are interested in hearing your poem on Eh Poetry, please feel free to send me an <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">email: jason.e.coombs[at]gmail[dot]com</a></p><br/><p>Eh Poetry Podcast Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-order-99518/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ComaStudio</a> from Pixabay</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Rooms Made of Sound at <a href="https://jasonecoombs.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">jasonecoombs.substack.com/subscribe</a>