THE WRITERS TAROT

Release your writer’s block, shape your characters, and build intricate plots through the wisdom and tools contained in this deck. This 78-card deck includes inspiration cards, tool cards, and genre & concept cards, with an instructional guide that teaches you how to lay spreads that create inspired prompts for your work.

Created and written by Amanda.

Illustrations by Something of a Dandy.

THE REMEMBERING ROOM

THE REMEMBERING ROOM is a collection of poems and prose that explore the journey of grieving in hopes of reaching peace. Amanda Filippelli works through the process of becoming a parent while simultaneously losing one by opening her heart and allowing her grief to come to the surface. Through beautiful writing and a raw experience, Amanda takes us with her as she heals from the pain of loss into opening herself up to motherhood.

Dad -

Only in the breaking of time can we see that everything is already in the past. I grieve for you, but there is joy at the end of this.

The Remembering Room is also an interactive art installation. Its premiere exhibit was at Atithi Studios in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from March 9th - April 16th, 2023.

BLUE ROOMS

BLUE ROOMS is an interrogation of the past, an elegy to things lost and left behind. Amanda Filippelli explores how young women are shaped by both their lineage and the cultural permissions we give to men. Cracking open all of the dark spaces families often hide away, Amanda lets pain, loss, judgment, and resentment come to the surface to be dissected and dismissed. Blue Rooms is a woman's reflective journey of discovery, growth and empowerment, raising questions of self, identity, and agency throughout.

"THERE’S A LYRICISM AND A MUSIC ABOUT HER WORDS THAT MAKES THEM HURT AS MUCH AS THEY SING, MAKING THIS COLLECTION AN EMPOWERING AND HARROWING LOOK AT LOVE, TRAUMA, FAMILY, AND SURVIVAL. THIS BOOK OF FREE VERSE POETRY, FULL OF POWERFUL IMAGERY AND A PALPABLE FEELING OF HONESTY AND VULNERABILITY, CONTAINS EXACTLY THE KIND OF UNAPOLOGETIC HEALING WE ALL NEED TO BE REMINDED IS POSSIBLE.

IN HER LAST POEM, FILIPPELLI BRAVELY WRITES, 'SO IT ALL STOPS HERE FOR YOU, BUT I GO ON...'

AND SO SHE DOES. AND SO SHE WILL. "

-CAITLYN SIEHL, AUTHOR OF CRYBABY & WHAT WE BURIED