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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 write that book; get published; and promote your work - 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.
You’ll also hear inspiring interviews with contemporary, best-selling, BIPoC authors 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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From Wartime to Story Time: Two Spanish Speaking Literary Activists You Should Know
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Jul 07, 2025 |
Behind the Book with Literary Agent Regina Brooks: Owner of the Largest African-American Literary Agency in the US
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Jun 30, 2025 |
Behind the Book with Publisher Stephanie Lim: On a Mission to Bring More Asian American Stories into the World
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Jun 23, 2025 |
Writers: Do You Have a Reading Habit or a Reading Hobby?
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Jun 16, 2025 |
Behind the Book with Bookseller Jeannine A. Cook: Founder of Harriett's Bookshop in Philly
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Jun 09, 2025 |
Behind the Book with David Ruggles: The First Black Man in America to Open a Bookstore
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Jun 02, 2025 |
Behind the Book with Sylvia Arthur, Founder of the the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora
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May 26, 2025 |
Behind the Book with Bad-Ass Bibliophile Arturo Schomburg
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May 19, 2025 |
Behind the Book with Bibliotherapist Emely Rumble
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May 12, 2025 |
Get Ready for Something New! On Season 5 We're Going Behind the Book
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May 05, 2025 |
What's Happening with the Reed, Write, & Create Podcast in 2025?
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Feb 10, 2025 |
Ignore the Experts: You Can Write All the Things with Jabari Asim
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Dec 23, 2024 |
Telling Black Women's Stories across Platforms with Rebecca Carroll
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Dec 16, 2024 |
Write Yourself Into History with Arturo Schomburg
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Dec 09, 2024 |
How We Fight White Supremacy with Journalists Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin
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Dec 02, 2024 |
How Oral Storytelling Can Make You a Better Writer with N. Scott Momaday
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Nov 25, 2024 |
Laila Lalami Had to Decolonize Her Language In Order to Write Her Stories
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Nov 18, 2024 |
Writers: You Need a Reading Habit, Not Just a Reading Hobby
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Nov 11, 2024 |
Stay Ready, So You Don't Have to Get Ready: Writing Advice You Need Now from Tracey Lewis-Giggetts
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Oct 28, 2024 |
Veronica Chambers Shares the Secrets of Her 30+ Years of Literary Success
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Oct 21, 2024 |
How Tembi Locke Turned Her Greatest Loss Into A Bestselling Memoir, From Scratch
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Oct 14, 2024 |
Would You Give Up Your Freedom to Be a Writer? Meet Sor. Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexico's First Feminist Writer and Nun
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Oct 07, 2024 |
Marita Golden on How to Prioritize Your Health, Wealth & Community for a Productive Literary Life
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Sep 30, 2024 |
Turn Your Pain Into Art with Chester B. Himes, The Father of African-American Crime Fiction
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Sep 23, 2024 |
Season 4 Preview: What's Coming up on the Podcast and for "Literary Lori"
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Sep 09, 2024 |
Bonus Episode with Black & Published: Vanessa Riley Writes Regency Romance with Black People in the Starring Roles
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Jun 17, 2024 |
Busting the Myth of The Solitary Writer: Virginia Woolf Got it Wrong
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Jun 10, 2024 |
"Pursue Your Writing Life Like a Dog Pursues a Bone" with Bernice L. McFadden
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May 27, 2024 |
Why BIPOC Writers Should Consider a Life Abroad: Lessons from James Baldwin
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May 13, 2024 |
From Self-Published to New York Times Bestseller: Sadeqa Johnson Shares Her Story of Success
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Apr 29, 2024 |
The Paradox of Jessie Redmon Fauset: The Harlem Renaissance's Most Prolific Novelist that You Don't Know
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Apr 15, 2024 |
Being a Writer is Hard Work:A Masterclass in Creative Writing with Phillip B. Williams
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Apr 01, 2024 |
How Do You Make a Living as a Writer in Hard Times? Ask Langston Hughes!
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Mar 18, 2024 |
How to Bring History's Hidden Figures to Life on the Page with New York Times Bestselling Author, Ilyon Woo
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Mar 04, 2024 |
Art, Activism, and Audre Lorde: How to Use Your Words to Change the World
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Feb 19, 2024 |
Writing Romance, Race, and Ricki Wilde with New York Times Best-Selling Author, Tia Williams
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Feb 05, 2024 |
A Short But Important Announcement about the Podcast!
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Jan 05, 2024 |
How to Make a Living Writing YA Fiction: A Conversation with Ibi Zoboi
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Dec 18, 2023 |
It’s All About The Sanctuary: A Membership Community for BIPOC Women Writers
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Dec 04, 2023 |
Greenlight Your Own Projects: Self-Publishing Without Apology with Dr. Tamara Pizzoli
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Nov 20, 2023 |
Writing Retreats are Not Bougie: Why Writing Retreats Should be a Part of Your Regular Writing Practice
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Nov 06, 2023 |
How to Have a 40-Year Literary Career with Award-Winning Author and Literary Activist Marita Golden
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Oct 23, 2023 |
Find Your Passion and Your Purpose as a Writer with Maya Angelou
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Oct 09, 2023 |
New York Times Best-Selling Author, Denene Millner Shares Her Story and Her Strategies for a Prolific Literary Career
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Sep 25, 2023 |
The Sisterhood and Why Writers Need a Writing Community
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Sep 11, 2023 |
Best of Author Series with Kaitlyn Greenidge: Real Talk about What it Takes to Be a Writer
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Jul 17, 2023 |
Best of Author Series with Dr. Yaba Blay: Why Self Publishing is a Revolutionary Act
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Jul 03, 2023 |
”Best of ...Author Series:” Lauren Francis-Sharma + Book of the Little Axe
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Jun 12, 2023 |
Get Your Writing Life on Track with the NBA
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May 29, 2023 |
How to Launch, Sell, and Market Your Book: A Masterclass with Mr. Ernest Owens
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May 15, 2023 |
How to Leave a Literary Legacy with Lorraine Hansberry
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May 01, 2023 |
You’re Never Too Old to Start Writing or Keep Writing: Dorothy West
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Apr 17, 2023 |
The Secret to a Productive and Prolific Literary Life with Jabari Asim
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Apr 03, 2023 |
The pen is mightier than the sword. Lessons learned from Ida B. Wells
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Mar 20, 2023 |
Should Writers Only ’Write What They Know?”: Mark Twain and Toni Morrison Have the Answers
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Mar 06, 2023 |
For Writers: Perseverance is More Important than Talent + Octavia E. Butler
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Feb 20, 2023 |
How to Have a Long-Lasting Literary Career with Tracey Lewis-Giggetts
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Feb 06, 2023 |
Why BIPOC Writers Must Get their Stories Into the World + Zora Neale Hurston
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Jan 23, 2023 |
How to Find the Time to Write + Phillis Wheatley
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Jan 09, 2023 |
Introducing the Read, Write & Create Podcast
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Dec 05, 2022 |
One Last Thing About the Future of the Show
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Apr 16, 2021 |
Author Kaitlyn Greenidge Talks Freedom and "Libertie"
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Apr 09, 2021 |
Children's Book Author, Zetta Elliott, Wants to Decolonize Your Imagination
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Apr 02, 2021 |
The Multicultural History of Witchcraft in America with Author Via Hedera
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Mar 26, 2021 |
Children's Book Author Joanna Ho Writes to Change the World
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Mar 19, 2021 |
Writing Wisdom: You Must Believe You Can Write
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Mar 12, 2021 |
Telling Global Stories with Jennifer Steil, Award-Winning Author of Exile Music
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Mar 05, 2021 |
Love, Loss and Writing Memoir with Tembi Locke
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Feb 26, 2021 |
Talking "One Drop," Blackness, and Publishing with Dr. Yaba Blay
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Feb 19, 2021 |
White Like Her: Stories of Race and Racial Passing
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Feb 12, 2021 |
Untangling the History of "Hair Story" with authors Ayana Byrd + Lori Tharps
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Feb 05, 2021 |
A Big Announcement about the Future of this Podcast
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Jan 29, 2021 |
Is Christmas for white people with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill
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Dec 18, 2020 |
Rethinking Race + Thanksgiving
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Nov 20, 2020 |
Don't be Racist: Celebrate the Wins, But Keep Fighting
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Nov 13, 2020 |
Don't Be Racist: Time to Divorce Your Trump-Supporting Friends
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Oct 30, 2020 |
Don't be Racist: You Can't Say That
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Oct 23, 2020 |
Don't Be Racist: Use Your Voice
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Oct 16, 2020 |
Don't Be Racist - Decolonize Your Mind
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Oct 09, 2020 |
Lesson 2: Don't Be Racist: Take Action
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Oct 02, 2020 |
Lesson #1: Master Your Mindset to be an Anti-Racism Warrior
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Sep 25, 2020 |
Welcome to the "Don't be Racist" Series
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Sep 18, 2020 |
Author Lauren Francis-Sharma and the Book of the Little Axe
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Aug 07, 2020 |
How to be a Revolutionary Writer
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Jul 31, 2020 |
Title: All Hail The Queens of the Resistance
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Jul 24, 2020 |
How to Raise a Revolutionary Reader
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Jul 17, 2020 |
Revolutionary Readers Book Club: Exile Music
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Jul 10, 2020 |
Why Colorism Matters at this Moment
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Jun 19, 2020 |
A Loving Day Message for Today's Turmoil
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Jun 12, 2020 |
A Message for Today: How We Fight White Supremacy
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Jun 02, 2020 |
Dear White People, You Have to Fix Your Racism Problem
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May 29, 2020 |
Author Erin Entrada Kelly talks Diversity and Dreaming of Space
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May 22, 2020 |
A Meltingpot Book Review: Girl, Woman, Other
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May 15, 2020 |
How to Raise a Bilingual child
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May 08, 2020 |
#BooksAreEssential in a Global Pandemic
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May 01, 2020 |
DNA Travel, Multiracial Identity and Adoption
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Apr 24, 2020 |
How to Be a Meltingpot Mom During a Global Pandemic
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Apr 17, 2020 |
How to Move Abroad as a Multiracial Family
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Apr 10, 2020 |
Stop Mis-Using the Word Multicultural!: A Rant
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Apr 03, 2020 |
How to Live a Boldly Multicultural Life
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Mar 27, 2020 |