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If you are a Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, or any other Writer of Color, and you're looking for your own personal writing coach - to help you stay motivated to write that book, get it published and promoted - then this is the podcast for you.
Award-winning author, educator, and creative writing coach, Lori L. Tharps ( ”Hair Story,” ”Kinky Gazpacho,” and ”Substitute Me”) knows how hard it is to stay committed to your writing projects - whether you’re working on that debut novel, a gut-wrenching memoir, or an essay about your trip around the world. Writing can be your passion, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. And let's not forget about the path to getting published and the non-stop journey of promotion. It's a lot! Especially for BIPoC writers in a publishing industry that is still overwhelmingly centered on whiteness.
On the podcast, Lori is here to serve as your creative-writing coach, and her goal is to help you love your literary life by giving you the tools and motivation to write, publish, and promote your work with purpose and joy. You’ll get inspiring pep talks and literary life lessons based on the lives of our BIPoC literary ancestors. Think Toni Morrison, Sor Juana de la Cruz, Phillis Wheatley e.t.c.
AND ...You’ll hear inspiring interviews with best-selling, BIPoC authors and publishing professionals who share actionable writing tips and advice to help improve your craft, and better understand the business of writing and the publishing industry.
New episodes of Your BIPoC Writing Coach are released on Mondays.
Subscribe to the show and find more writing resources for BIPOC writers and the readers who love them at ReedWriteandCreate.com.
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Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
This is the very first episode of the Read, Write, and Create podcast!
Each episode of the show will include a pep-talk for BIPOC creative writers, inspired by the lives of our literary foremothers and forefathers of color. These pep talks will be short, sweet, and to the point, so you can get off the couch and back to your desk, writing the masterpiece you were meant to write.
On this first episode of the Read, Write and Create podcast, host Lori L. Tharps tackles an issue that vexes almost every writer: “How do I find the time to write?” Tune in to hear how Lori uses the inspiring life and times of poet and author, Phillis Wheatley to answer that critical question.
If you want to learn more about the life and writings of Phillis Wheatley, a woman whose story deserves a million more podcast episodes, please check out the following books by BIPOC authors:
The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Phillis Wheatley: Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley
If you’re looking for more inspiration, resources and advice for your writing life, check out the Read, Write and Create blog at ReadWriteandCreate.com. Follow Lori L. Tharps on Instagram @LoriLTharps, and/or check out our selection of books on writing at the Read, Write and Create independent online bookstore.
The Read, Write, and Create podcast is a biweekly podcast for BIPOC writers. New episodes are released every other Monday.
The show is hosted and produced by author, journalist, and creative writing coach, Lori L. Tharps.
The show is edited by Brad Linder.
Our theme music is by Wataboi.
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