Lori L. Tharps

Have you ever thought about moving to Spain from the United States? Well listen up as Lori L. Tharps shares her story starting in Wisconsin up til her move to Malaga, Spain. 

This week on Conversations with Seven Sisters, Lori L. Tharps (Smith College ℅ 94) shares her story on being a professional writer and journalist while being a mom and moving to Spain. 

This episode is important for those looking to live a creative life as a writer and journalist. Lori shares her story as a Black woman in Spain and the reality of living in Spain as an outsider. You’re going to learn how to manage living abroad as a Black woman, and how it can inspire you creatively in a variety of ways. 

You'll learn how being a mom can actually inspire writing rather than hinder it. Time management, inspiration from her children, and multiracial stories have inspired Lori as a mom and writer. 

Lori L. Tharps is a Smith graduate as well as a journalist, author and creative writing coach whose work lands at the intersection of race and popular culture. She is the author of three critically acclaimed non-fiction books that deal with race, culture and identity; Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America (St. Martin’s), Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain (Atria), and her most recent, Same Family Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families (Beacon). Lori is also the author of the novel, Substitute Me (Atria).

In 2021, Lori moved with her family to the south of Spain and she now works full time as a creative writing coach and the host of the Read, Write and Create podcast and blog.

You can check out all of the literary resources on the Read Write Create website at ReadWriteandCreate.com.

You can listen to the Read Write Create podcast on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

And you can follow Lori for more literary news and opportunities on Instagram @LoriLTharps and on Twitter @ReadWriteCre8

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