MARISA LEIGH
Writer of emotionally honest poetry and fiction exploring nostalgia, identity, love, and modern womanhood.
Teenage Angst In My Twenties
A confessional poetry collection about growing up after you thought you already had.
Blending nostalgia, heartbreak, dark humor, and emotional vulnerability, Teenage Angst In My Twenties explores body image, identity, mental health, relationships, and the strange loneliness of becoming an adult.
Written for readers who still romanticize old bedrooms, blurry friendships, and every version of themselves they’ve ever been.
About Marisa
Marisa Fertitta is a poet and fiction writer whose work explores nostalgia, identity, relationships, and the emotional contradictions of growing up.
Her writing blends confessional honesty with dark humor, drawing inspiration from everyday moments, complicated womanhood, and the lingering ache of becoming.
She is the author of Teenage Angst In My Twenties, with a second poetry collection and debut novel currently in progress.
Originally from Massachusetts, she now writes from Maine.
