Oubria Tronshaw (she/her)
Oakland, CA 94619
[email protected]
Website: oubria.com
BIO:
Oubria (Ooh-Bree-Uh) Tronshaw is a writer, artist, mystic & mother. She is the recent author of a riveting, all-too-relatable memoir “Book Smart, Dick Dumb, as well as creator of the viral Melanated Classic Tarot Deck (illustrated by Julia Goolsby) & its accompanying online course in which Oubria teaches the system of tarot through the lens of astrology, personal experience & magic. She is also the mind behind Marrow Women, a collection of anonymous interviews by & for black women. Originally from Chicago, she & her family reside in Oakland, CA.
EDUCATION:
Chicago State University, Chicago, IL - Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (2014)
Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), Santa Fe, NM - Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing (2006)
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FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES ATTENDED:
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Oakland, CA 94619
[email protected]
Website: oubria.com
BIO:
Oubria (Ooh-Bree-Uh) Tronshaw is a writer, artist, mystic & mother. She is the recent author of a riveting, all-too-relatable memoir “Book Smart, Dick Dumb, as well as creator of the viral Melanated Classic Tarot Deck (illustrated by Julia Goolsby) & its accompanying online course in which Oubria teaches the system of tarot through the lens of astrology, personal experience & magic. She is also the mind behind Marrow Women, a collection of anonymous interviews by & for black women. Originally from Chicago, she & her family reside in Oakland, CA.
EDUCATION:
Chicago State University, Chicago, IL - Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (2014)
Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), Santa Fe, NM - Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing (2006)
PUBLICATIONS:
- August 2025, Book Smart, Dick Dumb (A Memoir)
- October 2023, Original short story, “Flowergirl” published in Midnight & Indigo Vol III- Eighteen Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers
- September 2018 - December 2022, Oubria’s Monthly Word (Intuitive Blog)
- January 2019, Melanated Classic Tarot Deck + Guidebook
- May 2016, Interview collection, Marrow Women Vol 1
- November 2014, Original poem “Mamalogue” published in: Shifts: Women’s Growth Through Change
FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES ATTENDED:
- August 2024: Hewnoaks Artist Residency (Lovell, ME)
- August 2014- January 2016: Diverse Faculty Fellow Program, Harper College (Palatine, IL)
- September 2013: Writers in the Heartland (Gilman, IL)
COURSES TAUGHT:
- November, 2021: The Underworld of Tarot (via Seagrape Apothecary, Portland, OR/ online)
- March, 2021: The Majors of the Minors- 4 Week Tarot Intensive (via Scarlet Sage Apothecary, San Francisco, CA/ online)
- March 2020 - Present: The Melanated Classic Tarot Academy (via oubria.com)
- December, 2020: The Stars in the Cards- Astrology through the Major Arcana (via Scarlet Sage Apothecary, San Francisco, CA/ online)
- August, 2020: Fool to the World with Oubria Tronshaw (via Scarlet Sage Apothecary, San Francisco, CA / online)
- August 2014-January 2016: English 100 & 101 (via Harper College, Palatine, IL)
PRESS:
- April 2026: East Bay Express: She Told the Truth Anyway
- March 2021: Shondaland: Tarot Tutorial- A Deep Dive Into Tarot Decks
- January 2021: Vogue Magazine: Tarot as a Tool for our Times
- September 2020: Nylon Magazine: How Tarot is Become More Inclusive, from the Cards to the Readings
- June, 2019: Atatarot: Reflections on the Melanated Classic Tarot
- April 2016: Cultural Reproducers: Interview- Oubria Tronshaw
- December 2014: Diverse Education: Harper College’s Faculty Fellows Program Helping Diversify Workforce
- October 2014: Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Harper College Program Looks to Increase Faculty Diversity
