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Dreaming of Her

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On sale Feb 13, 2018 | 1 Hour and 8 Minutes | 9780525593416
In partnership with Texas Monthly, Pamela Colloff's "Dreaming of Her" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

On March 31, 1995, South Texas came to a standstill as the shocking news spread that the hugely popular Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez had been shot and killed in Corpus Christi. She was a girl from the barrio whose voice won her a Grammy, sold millions of albums, and turned her into a sensation unlike any other. When she was murdered, Selena seemed to take with her the aspirations of fans across the globe.

Fifteen years later, in this exclusive oral history, her family, bandmates, and friends recall the life and devastating death of a star who still mesmerizes us all.
PAMELA COLLOFF is a senior reporter at ProPublica and a writer-at-large at The New York Times Magazine. Prior to joining ProPublica and the Times in 2017, she was an executive editor and staff writer at Texas Monthly. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker and a number of anthologies. Colloff is a six-time National Magazine Award finalist. In 2013, she earned a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for "The Innocent Man." In 2015, Colloff was nominated for her fifth National Magazine Award, for "The Witness." Colloff holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Brown University and was raised in New York City. She lives in Austin with her husband and their two children.

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In partnership with Texas Monthly, Pamela Colloff's "Dreaming of Her" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

On March 31, 1995, South Texas came to a standstill as the shocking news spread that the hugely popular Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez had been shot and killed in Corpus Christi. She was a girl from the barrio whose voice won her a Grammy, sold millions of albums, and turned her into a sensation unlike any other. When she was murdered, Selena seemed to take with her the aspirations of fans across the globe.

Fifteen years later, in this exclusive oral history, her family, bandmates, and friends recall the life and devastating death of a star who still mesmerizes us all.

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PAMELA COLLOFF is a senior reporter at ProPublica and a writer-at-large at The New York Times Magazine. Prior to joining ProPublica and the Times in 2017, she was an executive editor and staff writer at Texas Monthly. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker and a number of anthologies. Colloff is a six-time National Magazine Award finalist. In 2013, she earned a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for "The Innocent Man." In 2015, Colloff was nominated for her fifth National Magazine Award, for "The Witness." Colloff holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Brown University and was raised in New York City. She lives in Austin with her husband and their two children.

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