Hello Meltingpot Readers,
“I’m leaving on a jet plane…” That’s right, I’m heading off to sunny Spain for six weeks. I am so freaking excited. Not only will this be the first time I’ve been back to Spain in almost a decade, but I’m going to be working on a really cool research project.
Ten years ago, Atria Books published my memoir, Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain. In that book I chronicled my complicated love affair with Spain as a Black woman. I’m heading back to Spain now to see how things have changed in that country for Black people. It seems like a lot of energy around Blackness and Spain’s Black history is percolating in both academic and artistic circles in Spain, and I want to try to document that. I’ll be writing about what I find, as well as recording an audio documentary that will air on the My American Meltingpot podcast in September.
Because I will be deep diving into my research, I will not be posting here three times a week. Give me a week to get over my jet lag, and then I’ll be posting once a week, on Wednesdays. If you don’t already, please follow me on Instagram to get regular updates about my travels and adventures. FYI, I’ll be in Lisbon, Portugal for a short stay as well.
Thank you loyal readers. I appreciate you all.
Peace!
Hasta pronto!
LT
