Marissa
Page

About

Hello! My name is Marissa Page. I am a writer based in Phoenix, Arizona.

When my father died, some of the greatest gifts he left the family were books he had written on the family histories of my paternal grandparents, Tom and Mary Grondin. His persistent fascination with and dedication to family history (he spent many a long Saturday at the Family History Center in Mesa, AZ) is a great source of inspiration for me.

My own writing centers on family lore, mothering, ghosts (metaphorical or other), and mental health’s role in processing both trauma and love that transcend generations. My work is mainly creative nonfiction and memoir.

A Writing Update

2024 has gifted me with a surge of creative energy at an intensity that I don’t think I’ve ever felt before. Many things have rolled into this: entering my fourth year of consistent therapy, finding the right combination of meds after lengthy trial and error, emotionally divesting from capitalism and its many untruths, and of…

4 Mar 2024

Gathering

As I write this, by the calendar it has been winter for well over a week, but we are only beginning to see the first visual touches of “fall” here in Arizona. The leaves on the few seasonal trees that proudly loom down Hartford, our neighborhood’s main through street, have begun to honey and scatter…

31 Dec 2023

Meeting Ivy and Amelia (Part Two)

It feels strange to be writing this during the month that the twins turn 16 months old and six months after I finished part one. It feels like this experience should have been easier to put into words, but it hasn’t been. I have a lot of conflicting emotions about the way that the twins…

22 Feb 2023

My Heritage, My Self: Unpacking My Bicultural Identity

September marks the start of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, which runs through mid-October, and this time of year I typically find myself ruminating on my relationship with myself and my Mexican heritage. I am the proud daughter of an immigrant. My culture brings me a strong sense of comfort, joy, and pride. And yet, for a…

17 Sep 2022

Meeting Ivy and Amelia (Part One)

On this day last year, I found myself in Labor & Delivery at 29 weeks pregnant with my twins. I had started experiencing what felt like very light contractions earlier in the day, and as they picked up throughout the day, I went in to get checked out. The nurses confirmed I was indeed experiencing…

11 Sep 2022