No Bueno: Poems on Breaking, Blooming, and Becoming
by Felicia Sabartinelli
Felicia Sabartinelli
Felicia Sabartinelli is a writer, poet, and creative intuitive whose work explores themes of healing, resilience, and self-exploration. An American living in Scotland, she draws inspiration from the natural world and her own journey through humor, humility, and honesty.
Her poetry and prose have appeared in over 30 international anthologies, magazines, and journals, including work that has earned recognition from Writer’s Digest, Scottish Mountaineering Press, and the West Elk Arts Fund. Her essay The Invisible Hierarchy of Grief continues to resonate widely with readers, alongside personal pieces like Just a Bad Period, which chronicles her experience with infertility.
Felicia holds a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Stirling. She also writes Ferocious, a bi-weekly Substack newsletter exploring creativity, self-realization, and the messy magic of being human.
When she’s not writing, Felicia is likely traveling with her husband, binge-watching her favorite TV shows, or immersing herself in her latest artistic obsession.
Connect with her at www.FeliciaSabartinelli.com or on Instagram/TikTok @Sabartinelli
praise for No Bueno
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
