Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Melissa Lozada-Oliva is the author the chapbook peluda (Button Poetry, 2017), the novel-in-verse Dreaming of You (Astra House, 2021), and the novel Candelaria (Astra House, 2023). Candelaria was named one of the best books of 2023 by VOGUE and USA Today. She co-hosts a podcast called Say More with Olivia Gatwood where they dissect the world through a poetic lens. In 2024 she was named the Our Word Writer in Residence at Columbia University. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in NPR, VOGUE, REMEZCLA, PAPER, The Guardian, BreakBeat Poets, Kenyon Review, Vulture, Bustle, Glamour magazine, The Huffington Post, Muzzle magazine, The Adroit Journal, and BBC Mundo. She is from Massachusetts and lives in Brooklyn.