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Lori L. Tharps

Bio

Lori L. Tharps is an associate professor of journalism at Temple University and the coauthor of Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America and Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain. Her writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Glamour and Essence magazines. She lives in Philadelphia with her family.

Lori L. Tharps Books

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Same Family, Different Colors

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Hair Story book cover

Hair Story

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Substitute Me

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Kinky Gazpacho book cover

Kinky Gazpacho

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