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Cozy Fest: Amanda Merpaw + Most of All the Wanting

In the coziest of places (bed!), Amanda Merpaw dreams of warmer times with a poem called “Summer Solstice” from her collection Most of All the Wanting (Palimpsest Press), a poignant book that explores grief, queer desire, and the possibilities of intimacy.

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A banner reading "Cozy Fest". The light blue background is patterened with simple snowflakes, and green pine boughs fringe the bottom. The ALU logo is placed at the bottom centre.

Amanda Merpaw reads from Most of All the Wanting
(Palimpsest Press)

About our reader

A photo of author Amanda Merpaw, a light-skin-toned woman with short auburn hair and a nose piercing. She is outdoors and the background is blurred.

Amanda Merpaw (she/her) is the author of Most of All the Wanting  and  Put the Ghosts Down Between Us. Her writing has appeared in various magazines, including CV2, Grain, Plenitude, and Prairie Fire,  and with Playwrights Canada Press. Amanda has been a finalist for the Montreal Fiction Prize and the Poem of the Year contest. She is currently a contributing editor at Arc Poetry Magazine  and a member of the editorial board at Anstruther Press.  

Photo of Amanda by sarah bodri.

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Thanks to Amanda for reading from her book for All Lit Up’s third-annual Cozy Fest! You can learn more about Most of All the Wanting and order from ALU or your fave local bookstore (via the Shop Local button), right here.

For more to come, or to catch up on Cozy Fest, click here.

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