Join author/musicians Melissa Lozada-Oliva and Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz for a discussion in celebration of Melissa's debut novel Candelaria. These extremely talented friends have collaborated on multi-medium events in the past, so don’t miss their latest pairing at H&H! 

About the Authors:

Melissa Lozada-Oliva is the author of peluda, Dreaming of You, and Candelaria. Her work has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, NPR, and more. She lives in Brooklyn. 

Sadie Dupuis is the guitarist, songwriter & singer of rock band Speedy Ortiz, as well as the producer & multi-instrumentalist behind pop project Sad13. Sadie heads the record label Wax Nine, edits its poetry journal, and is a regular contributor to Spin, Tape Op, Talkhouse, and more. She holds an MFA in poetry from UMass Amherst, where she also taught writing. Mouthguard, her first book, was published in 2018 (Gramma); Cry Perfume, a second poetry collection, was released in 2022 (Black Ocean). She is an organizer with United Musicians & Allied Workers and its local UMAW Philly.

About the Book:

In Candelaria Melissa Lozada-Oliva takes everything her fans are drawn to in her poetry and translates it into an action-packed, affecting, at times gruesome novel about the end of the world. There's cannibalism and zombies, a wellness cult, earthquakes, an archaeological study in Guatemala, an ex drug addict seeking stability and direction in a rudderless world, excavation of intergenerational trauma, sibling rivalry, and so much more, woven together seamlessly and breathlessly. It's the story of an elderly Guatemalan immigrant in Boston and her quest to save her daughter and granddaughters and ultimately the world, but it's just as much the granddaughters' story, and a story of contemporary American culture in all its beauty, injustice, and absurdity.