Marianna Marlowe

Marianna Marlowe is a Latina writer who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. After devoting years to academic writing, her focus now is creative nonfiction that explores issues of gender identity, feminism, cultural hybridity, intersectionality, and more. Her short memoir has been published in Narrative, Hippocampus, The Woven Tale Press, Eclectica, Sukoon, and The Acentos Review, among others. Her debut memoir, Portrait of a Feminist, was published in February, 2025 with She Writes Press. Her second memoir, Portrait of a Mestiza, will be published in May, 2026.

I’ve published a memoir, Portrait of a Feminist, that maps the evolution of my own feminism from childhood through adulthood, in different countries (the United States, Ecuador, the Philippines, Brazil) and different cultures (American, Peruvian, British), and as an academic, daughter, wife, and mother. My goal in writing this book has been to approach similar topics to Mature Allure's with a thoughtfulness and depth that provokes conversation and dialogue.

I experienced a transition-triggered reinvention when I turned 50 and my oldest son left for college. It was then that I was motivated to find a life purpose outside of motherhood. I turned to creative writing and haven’t looked back since. I am reveling in my writing life, and in the fact that it is both my passion and my purpose.