"Beyond All Reasonable Doubt" w/ Writer Melissa Lozada-Oliva

About this episode

Melissa Lozada-Oliva discusses her literary influences and the joy of reading.

Author of "Beyond All Reasonable Doubt Jesus is Alive" Melissa Lozada-Oliva talks literary influences, books she's put down, and enjoying the act of reading before we're too old to see the pages anymore. Books Talked About Include: tana french Lady Chatterly’s Lover Debt by David Graeber Grapes of Wrath Autobiography of Macolm X Somebody Walks Over Your Grave by Marian Enriquez The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Dispossessed by Ursula K Leguin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Topics covered

• literary influences
• reading
• books
• author discussion
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Melissa Lozada-Oliva
• literary influences
• reading
• books
• cultural commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Beyond All Reasonable Doubt Jesus is Alive, tana french, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Debt by David Graeber, Grapes of Wrath, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Somebody Walks Over Your Grave by Marian Enriquez, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Dispossessed by Ursula K Leguin

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