Chapbook: Table for One, A Personal Essay By Felicia Sabartinelli
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While attending an Artist Residency in Finland, Felicia encounters a young boy dining solo at a local burger joint. She's not sure why but it throws her into a panicked frenzy. Where are his parents, family, or friends, and why is he alone?
Moved by this experience, she realizes her reaction is the result of childhood trauma and the effects of American violence -- where fear is deeply ingrained in our culture. Through self-reflection in the world's safest and happiest country, she looks back on her own dining experiences and how our nation's collective (and often violent) past continues to shape her life.
“Felicia takes an ordinary event, something we can all relate to, and makes it extraordinary in its analysis of humankind and our sense of self in place.”
- Shannon Genereau, Editor & Writer
“... expands an everyday incident into a philosophical and entertaining essay. Her curious and positive attitude towards new people and cultures is infectious.”
- Mirka Sulander, Author & Artist
Prose Chapbook | 16 pages | Full-Color
Paperback Copy Signed (by the author) + Audio Link
Published by Kilted Yank Publishing
Paperback Release Date: August 13, 2024
eBook Available August 30, 2024 on AMAZON
Moved by this experience, she realizes her reaction is the result of childhood trauma and the effects of American violence -- where fear is deeply ingrained in our culture. Through self-reflection in the world's safest and happiest country, she looks back on her own dining experiences and how our nation's collective (and often violent) past continues to shape her life.
“Felicia takes an ordinary event, something we can all relate to, and makes it extraordinary in its analysis of humankind and our sense of self in place.”
- Shannon Genereau, Editor & Writer
“... expands an everyday incident into a philosophical and entertaining essay. Her curious and positive attitude towards new people and cultures is infectious.”
- Mirka Sulander, Author & Artist
Prose Chapbook | 16 pages | Full-Color
Paperback Copy Signed (by the author) + Audio Link
Published by Kilted Yank Publishing
Paperback Release Date: August 13, 2024
eBook Available August 30, 2024 on AMAZON
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No Bueno: Poems on Breaking, Blooming, and BecomingNo Bueno, my first poetry chapbook, follows the journey of home through the lenses of family, love/relationships, and self. A mere glimpse of how our lives are not only shaped by our experiences, but how resiliency can bring forth great transformation.
Purchase now on Amazon (US or UK). “Science shows us that a muscle gets stronger after being broken down and repaired. So it is with Felicia Sabartinelli’s heart, which she courageously and eloquently pours onto the pages of her debut poetry collection. Recounting vivid moments from her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood – at turns joyful and devastating – she maps her process of becoming whole and free through vulnerability. Along the way, she inspires all of us to embrace love and relationships in all their messy, gorgeous forms: with friends, family, ancestors, partners, and most importantly, ourselves. What a gift she’s given her readers – the opportunity for all of us to find our way home.” - Christa Avampato, Author of the Emerson Page series “No Bueno by Felicia Sabartinelli is a fearless and tender excavation of memory, identity, and complicated bonds shaping our lives and family. With unflinching vulnerability, Sabartinelli invites raw and luminous moments, childhood truths whispered through generational secrets, the ache of displacement, the sting of love and loss, and the quiet resilience that grew in their wake. Her language is intimate yet expansive, pulling us into the marrow of her experience and leaving us with the sense of being entrusted with something sacred. This chapbook feels like a hand held tightly across decades, saying, You are not alone.” - Sunshine Knight, Author of the KA Series Poetry Chapbook | 46 pages | Full-Color Published by boats against the current Paperback Release Date: August 13, 2025 |
