I think Yolanda and Selena for so long were - and - seen as this yin and yang, two forces of good and evil. So frequently I hear, "I am so happy that crazy lesbian is in jail." But I wanted to shine a complicated light on her, because it's too easy for us to be like, "OK, one is a hero, and one is a villain." I still think the conversation about Yolanda Saldívar - who is a murderer - has been overwhelmingly not nuanced. On writing poems from the point-of-view of Yolanda Saldívar, the president of Selena's fan club who is serving a life sentence for the singer's murder But in order to find out who she is, she feels like she has to do this. She's just a woman who makes a decision, and that decision is a huge mistake. I think generally, the consensus every time someone is resurrected, it's like - don't do it. Everyone's motives for bringing back someone to life are pretty messed up. She really is not feeling like enough and thinks that bringing back this pop star who she is obsessed with and mourning will somehow fix everything. On the main character, Melissa, and her quest to bring Selena back to life And I became really interested in: what if she lives, you know? Like what if she grew up and became older and problematic, and liked problematic tweets and made corny videos and made uncomfortable statements during tumultuous times? So she's forever stuck in this moment of being this 23-year-old girl who's extremely talented and beautiful, and it's almost like we love her there. I think today, for people looking back at her music, unfortunately, a lot of it is wrapped up in her tragic death. How at the end of the day, kind of a lot like Princess Diana, actually, she was just this girl in love who was really innocent and giving. And for me, something that really drew me to Selena is how she just fell in love so fast. It's so weird, kind of falling in love with somebody and them being completely gone. And I remember just feeling so beautiful whenever I kind of looked like Selena. I feel like I grew up under the umbrella of her life, right after she died, and so much of being her fan was also wanting to look like her. I think all of this kind of started with me trying to deconstruct it - what it meant for me to be a Selena fan. On being a fan of Selena and reflecting on her legacy Lozada-Oliva talked with NPR's Asma Khalid on Weekend Edition about her early interest in Selena, her own identity, and imagining what would have happened if Selena had not been killed at a young age.
SELENA DREAMING OF YOU RAR SERIES
She's the subject of a new Netflix series and a podcast.Īnd now in a book by poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Selena is also coming back from the dead.ĭreaming of You is a new novel Lozada-Oliva describes as somewhat of a "rock opera" involving heartbreak, karaoke, celebrity worship and self-realization. Twenty-six years after her murder, the Tejano pop star's face still adorns T-shirts and hoodies. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is having a moment - again.
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