In 'Dreaming of You,' poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva reimagines Selena's legacy
Author Melissa Lozada-Oliva's new novel in verse, Dreaming of You, is about a heartbroken poet who brings Selena Quintanilla back from the dead.
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is having a moment — again.
Twenty-six years after her murder, the Tejano pop star's face still adorns T-shirts and hoodies. She's the subject of a new Netflix series and a podcast.
And now in a book by poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Selena is also coming back from the dead.
Dreaming of You is a new novel Lozada-Oliva describes as somewhat of a "rock opera" involving heartbreak, karaoke, celebrity worship and self-realization.
Lozada-Oliva talked with NPR's Asma Khalid on about her early interest in Selena, her own identity, and imagining
