Viral poetry star Melissa Lozada-Oliva in Latinx &Proud! Reading Series

Latinx & Proud! Reading Series  with Melissa Lozada-Oliva   Tuesday, March 24 7 p.m.  City of Asylum @ Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue FREE!     Click here for free tickets!   Melissa Lozada-Oliva is widely known for her viral poem, "Like Totally Whatever," which won the 2015 National Poetry Slam championship and has almost 1million views on YouTube.  Melissa's poetry explores the intersection of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong. She is a powerful performer and specializes in incorporating humor into her poetry. We're deeply honored to host Melissa as she performs at Alphabet City stage for the first time.  Melissa is joined by powerhouse poets Ana Portnoy Brimmer and Angela Velez.    Melissa Lozada-Oliva is the author of chapbooks Plastic Pajaros, Rude Girl is Lonely Girl! (Pizza Pi Press), and Peluda (Button Poetry 2017). Her poem, "Like Totally Whatever" won the 2015 National Poetry Slam Championship. Lozada-Oliva was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts by immigrant parents; her mother is Guatemalan and her father is Colombian. Lozada-Oliva co-hosts Say More podcast with her best friend and fellow poet Olivia Gatwood.   Click here for free tickets!   Watch Melissa's award winning "Like Totally Whatever" and experience the magic of her performance style for yourself.    "We listen to some writers because their work is beautiful. We listen to others because their work is necessary.  The Latinx & Proud! Reading Series has both. We push boundaries and the limits of definition." —Adriana E. Ramírez, PEN/Fusion-winning author of Dead Boys (Little A, 2016); Critic-at-Large @ The LA Times; Latinx & Proud! Reading Series advisory board member   At City of Asylum, we want our events to be welcoming and accessible to all people.  All floors of Alphabet City are wheelchair accessible.  Thanks to the generous support of RAD, we also have hearing assistive systems available for all programs, by advance request.  If you have questions or are in need of accommodations, please contact us.     Click here to contact us about accessibility accommodations       Copyright © 2020 City of Asylum, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you registered to hear more from City of Asylum, either at one of our events or online. Our mailing address is: City of Asylum 40 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Add us to your address book