Author: Lori Tharps
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How to Celebrate National Independent Bookstore Day Like a Boss
Tomorrow is National Independent Bookstore Day and I am so excited! Why? Because I love books and the way I celebrate National Independent Bookstore Day is by buying books. And so should you. What is National Independent Bookstore Day? Besides being a great excuse to ditch all my Saturday chores so I can go buy…
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Moving Abroad with a Family: Teens and Tweens Edition
Moving abroad with a family is not the same as moving abroad as a single person or with your boo. It’s hard to upend your life, leave friends and family behind, and start over in a new country no matter what, but when you have a teenager and a tween in tow, the challenges get…
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Podcast Ep #68: Kaitlyn Greenidge Talks Freedom + Libertie
On episode 68 of the podcast, author Kaitlyn Greenidge joins me to talk about freedom and Libertie. Kaitlyn’s debut novel was the critically acclaimed, We Love You, Charlie Freeman. Her writing has also appeared in Vogue, Glamour, the Wall Street Journal, Elle.com, Buzzfeed, and the Virginia Quarterly Review. She was a contributing editor for LENNY…
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How I Stay Inspired to Move Abroad
Moving abroad at mid-life is not for the faint of heart. Moving abroad with two kids in the middle of a global pandemic can feel 100 percent overwhelming. Every day there is a new challenge or a new obstacle that pops up, and if I didn’t have my go-to sources for inspiration, I probably would…
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Fantasy or Feasible: Can I Open a Multicultural Bookstore in Spain?
Psst. I have a secret to tell you. I’ve always wanted to open my own bookstore. If you know me in real life or simply as the personality behind this blog, or the host of the My American Meltingpot podcast, this probably doesn’t come as a huge surprise. After all, I love books. But not…
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Podcast Ep#66: The Multicultural Roots of Witchcraft in America with Via Hedera
On episode 66 of the podcast we’re going to talk about witches. Why? Because there is a growing number of women who are practicing witchcraft in the United States. And because this is America, there is a racial divide in this increasingly popular witching community. Apparently, Black witches and white witches just can’t get along.…
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Anti-Asian Discrimination isn’t New in the United States
This post about anti-Asian discrimination was initially published in 2021 after the brutal murders of the six Asian women in Atlanta. Sadly, I’m posting it again after yet another violent hate crime against an Asian woman in the United States. This latest attack is just one incident in an upward trend of racial violence against…
