What is Another Word for Intimacy? by Amanda Baker is now available as a paperback and PDF (wholesale copies are also available for a discount). This beautiful chapbook came to fruition after years of not writing.

What is Another Word for Intimacy? by Amanda Baker came to fruition after years of not writing. As a child and teenager, Amanda had a passion for writing that got lost amidst the illusion of glamor in straight As and the molding of oneself to be apologetically pleasing. Who has time for vulnerability, fascination, imagination, and daydreaming when you’re told they get in the way of productivity and accomplishment? How can you access inner deepness if your heart closes? What leads to a closed heart? Without these answers, Amanda was rarely intimate, unless you count psychology books and social parties, where intimacy is diluted by the appetizers, side wall conversations, and free drinks. Amanda’s passion and deep-seated writing did not fully return until her 30s. Now, she writes to fill the void. She writes to create connections. She writes to find true intimacy, believing it is about the vulnerability that comes with being open and honest when connecting to someone else, whether in friendship, companionship, or love. Relationships are a vessel for growth. Relationships are a mirror, reflecting back in us what we believe about ourselves.

Amanda is a mental health therapist, 200-hour yoga instructor, and poet from Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the University of Maryland School of Social Work and James Madison University. She is a mother of her four-year-old son, Dylan, and enjoys time in nature. Amanda has self-published a poetry collection that includes written work from her early teens into her 30s. You may find her book ASK: A Collection of Poetry, Lyrics, and Words on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

You can learn more about Amanda in an interview between the author and another incredible Yellow Arrow author, Melissa Nunez. Find Amanda on Instagram and show her some love.

Thank you for supporting independent publishing. Get your copy of What is Another Word for Intimacy? today.

You can join Amanda for poetry and yoga on November 19. Learn more at yellowarrowpublishing.com/calendar/yogapoetry2022.