"A feverish story of young adulthood, exploring how fandom and obsession shape how we relate to the world . . . Dreaming of You navigates the complexities of Latinx identity, self-loathing, love, and the loneliness of drifting into adulthood." —Miguel Salazar, Vulture "At the center of this exploration of insecurities, joys, and identity stands Melissa Lozada-Oliva—an unapologetic poet who isn’t afraid of the rawness of the mind and is resilient in her writing— so much so that it feels like we’re talking to our best friend." —Bianca Pérez, Porter House Review A macabre novel in verse of loss,…mehr
"A feverish story of young adulthood, exploring how fandom and obsession shape how we relate to the world . . . Dreaming of You navigates the complexities of Latinx identity, self-loathing, love, and the loneliness of drifting into adulthood." —Miguel Salazar, Vulture "At the center of this exploration of insecurities, joys, and identity stands Melissa Lozada-Oliva—an unapologetic poet who isn’t afraid of the rawness of the mind and is resilient in her writing— so much so that it feels like we’re talking to our best friend." —Bianca Pérez, Porter House Review A macabre novel in verse of loss, longing, and identity crises following a poet who resurrects pop star Selena from the dead. Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Dreaming of You is an absurd yet heartfelt examination of celebrity worship. A young Latinx poet grappling with loneliness and heartache decides one day to bring Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla back to life. The séance kicks off an uncanny trip narrated by a Greek chorus of gossiping spirits as she journeys through a dead celebrity prom, encounters her shadow self, and performs karaoke in hell. In visceral poems embodying millennial angst, paragraph-long conversations overheard at her local coffeeshop, and unhinged Twitter rants, Lozada-Oliva reveals an eerie, sometimes gruesome, yet moving love story. Playfully morbid and profoundly candid, an interrogation of Latinidad, womanhood, obsession, and disillusionment, Dreaming of You grapples with the cost of being seen for your truest self.
Melissa Lozada-Oliva is the child of Guatemalan and Colombian immigrants. She co-hosts the podcast Say More and is a member of the band Meli and the Specs. She holds an MFA in poetry from NYU and her writing has been featured in Remezcla, PAPER, The Guardian, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4, Wirecutter, Vulture, Bustle, Glamour, The Huffington Post, Muzzle Magazine , The Poetry Project, Audible, and BBC Mundo. She is from Massachusetts and lives in New York City.
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CONTENTS CAST OF CHARACTERS PART I: COMO LA FLOR, TANTO AMOR Dreaming of You I’m So Lonely I Grow a New Hymen My Sisters and I Would Watch the Selena Movie 6'5" Looking for Something Casual that Has the Potential to Be Something More ;) I Watch Selena’s Open-Casket Funeral Just to Make Things Clear, I Am Not a Haunted Person What If Selena Taught Me How to Fake an Orgasm El Chico del Apartamento 512 Karaoke Interlude Crush Sonnets I’m Not a Virgin But The Future Is Lodged Inside of the Female Resurrecting Selena I’m Not Sure What to Do with Her, Exactly El Chisme According to Others: Selena at theHalloween Party PART II: ME MARCHO HOY Selena and Me Selena on the Train Hi, Uh, Hi, Hello, You’ve Reached Melissa Selena and You I Take Selena to a Poetry Reading In the Middle of My Poem A Star Is Born Again Selena Asks for Directions I Try to Go On with My Life I Will Name It She Who’s That Girl? Mami Calls Me to Tell Me She Had a Dream If You Could Give It a Name, Who Would She Be? Papi Calls Me Dear Ms. Melissa Lozada-Oliva Abraham Quintanilla is Out for My Blood Yolanda Saldivar Gets Away With It In Which I Answer All of the Questions from My Imaginary and Very Important Interview of the Future El Chisme According to Others: Yolanda at the Gay Bar PART III: YO SE PERDER Yolanda Tells Me Yolanda Tells Me What Happened that Night March 31, 1995 My Lover Shows Me His Gun Collection Remember that Yolanda Was a Little Girl Once What If Reclaimed the Woman Will We Ever Stop Crying About the Dead Star Dead Celebrity Prom You and Me Don’t Talk Anymore Poem for Fucking a Fish I Made You a Playlist to Get the Real You Back Even Though Real You Doesn’t Listen to the Lyrics We Cry About It Together Yolanda Leaves a Note El Chisme According to Others: Where Is Selena? PART IV: COMO ME DUELE Yolanda Wears Melissa’s Skin into Selena’s Hotel Room Hellraiser Killing Time at Karaoke Her Funeral Plays on a Loop Selena Dies a Third Time We Begin to Slow Dance There Is Only One Way Out Yolanda Saldivar Orders a Stack of Pancakes Last Chisme Before We Go EPILOGUE Yolanda and Selena Don’t Talk Anymore It’s Selena’s Birthday in Salina, Kansas In the Beginning ALTERNATE ENDING Selena Doesn’t Die Selena Still Isn’t Dead Selena Still Has Some Time Left RESURRECTING SELENA, FEAT. TIFFANY MALLERY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS CAST OF CHARACTERS PART I: COMO LA FLOR, TANTO AMOR Dreaming of You I’m So Lonely I Grow a New Hymen My Sisters and I Would Watch the Selena Movie 6'5" Looking for Something Casual that Has the Potential to Be Something More ;) I Watch Selena’s Open-Casket Funeral Just to Make Things Clear, I Am Not a Haunted Person What If Selena Taught Me How to Fake an Orgasm El Chico del Apartamento 512 Karaoke Interlude Crush Sonnets I’m Not a Virgin But The Future Is Lodged Inside of the Female Resurrecting Selena I’m Not Sure What to Do with Her, Exactly El Chisme According to Others: Selena at theHalloween Party PART II: ME MARCHO HOY Selena and Me Selena on the Train Hi, Uh, Hi, Hello, You’ve Reached Melissa Selena and You I Take Selena to a Poetry Reading In the Middle of My Poem A Star Is Born Again Selena Asks for Directions I Try to Go On with My Life I Will Name It She Who’s That Girl? Mami Calls Me to Tell Me She Had a Dream If You Could Give It a Name, Who Would She Be? Papi Calls Me Dear Ms. Melissa Lozada-Oliva Abraham Quintanilla is Out for My Blood Yolanda Saldivar Gets Away With It In Which I Answer All of the Questions from My Imaginary and Very Important Interview of the Future El Chisme According to Others: Yolanda at the Gay Bar PART III: YO SE PERDER Yolanda Tells Me Yolanda Tells Me What Happened that Night March 31, 1995 My Lover Shows Me His Gun Collection Remember that Yolanda Was a Little Girl Once What If Reclaimed the Woman Will We Ever Stop Crying About the Dead Star Dead Celebrity Prom You and Me Don’t Talk Anymore Poem for Fucking a Fish I Made You a Playlist to Get the Real You Back Even Though Real You Doesn’t Listen to the Lyrics We Cry About It Together Yolanda Leaves a Note El Chisme According to Others: Where Is Selena? PART IV: COMO ME DUELE Yolanda Wears Melissa’s Skin into Selena’s Hotel Room Hellraiser Killing Time at Karaoke Her Funeral Plays on a Loop Selena Dies a Third Time We Begin to Slow Dance There Is Only One Way Out Yolanda Saldivar Orders a Stack of Pancakes Last Chisme Before We Go EPILOGUE Yolanda and Selena Don’t Talk Anymore It’s Selena’s Birthday in Salina, Kansas In the Beginning ALTERNATE ENDING Selena Doesn’t Die Selena Still Isn’t Dead Selena Still Has Some Time Left RESURRECTING SELENA, FEAT. TIFFANY MALLERY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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