I am a poet, writer, interdisciplinary artist, educator, and community radio host & producer. My poems, essays, fiction and creative nonfiction appear in publications across the U.S. and Canada, including Room Magazine, Geez magazine, Mutha magazine, Opus, Dialogue, catapult magazine, Road Journal, and Topology, among other publications, as well as several multi-genre anthologies, and Our Pandemic Times (Blue Denim Press), among others.

My first collection of poetry, Mothertongue, was released in 2018. Further collections include Spring Thaw (Glentula Press, 2022), Materials at Hand (MERKAT, 2022) and Portals of Light (Glentula Press, 2024). My most recent poetry collection, a collaboration with three Ontario poets, is entitled Liminal Spaces (Glentula Press), and launches May 2025.

Plan X, my first play, debuted in October of 2019. My poem, “Courage,” was short-listed for Room Magazine's 2019 Poetry contest. I am currently at work on several projects, including a forthcoming collection of poetry. 

Find me online: Newsletter: merkatart.substack.com   &  Instagram: @merkatart