Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Melissa Lozada-Oliva | |
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| Born | September 7, 1992 Newton, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Simmons University |
Melissa Lozada-Oliva (born September 7, 1992)[1] is an American poet and educator based in New York. She is the author of three chapbooks. Her poem, "Like Totally Whatever" won the 2015 National Poetry Slam Championship, and went viral.[2][3][4][5]
Life and career[]
Lozada-Oliva was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts by immigrant parents; her mother is Guatemalan and her father is Colombian.[6][7] She attended college at Simmons University, where she began to perform slam poetry, and graduated in 2014.[8]
After graduation, she published the chapbooks Plastic Pajaros in 2015 and Rude Girl is Lonely Girl! in 2016. Her performance of a poem called "Like Totally Whatever" won the 2015 National Poetry Slam Championship and received mainstream media coverage.[1][2]
Lozada-Oliva enrolled in New York University's MFA program for Creative Writing in fall 2017. As of spring 2019, she is also teaching a class there.[9] She published Peluda through Button Poetry shortly after enrollment. In it, Lozada-Oliva "explores, interrogates and redefines the intersections of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong."[9]
In December 2018, Lozada-Oliva started a podcast called Say More along with her best friend and fellow poet Olivia Gatwood. The pair interview each other on topics and answer questions from listeners.[10]
Her verse novel Dreaming of You was released in 2021.
Works[]
Novels[]
- Dreaming of You (2021)
Poetry[]
- Chapbooks
- Plastic Pajaros (2015)[11]
- Rude Girl is Lonely Girl! (Pizza Pi Press, 2016)[11]
- Peluda (Button Poetry, 2017)[11]
Awards[]
- 2015 National Poetry Slam Championship[9]
- Brenda Moosey Video Slam winner[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Moreno, Carolina (2015-07-09). "Latina Poet Has A Powerful Answer To 'Are You Fluent In Spanish?'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cueto, Emma. "This Powerful Poem Takes On The Speech Police". Bustle. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "STRENGTH OF DOVES | Melissa Lozada-Oliva". STRENGTH OF DOVES | Spoken Word Poetry. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Lo, Danica. "The Way Women Speak: Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Poetry Will Inspire You". Glamour. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Nelson, Jenny. "Melissa Lozada-Olivia (@ellomelissa) on Nihilistic Humor and Being an Alien". Vulture. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Interview: Melissa Lozada-Oliva". HerStry. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Melissa Lozada-Oliva". Washington Square News. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "10 Questions With Melissa Lozada-Oliva". Mad Girl's Collective. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Lozado-Oliva, Melissa. "About Melissa Lozada-Oliva". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "SAY MORE". saymore.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Melissa Lozada-Oliva". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
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