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An incomplete list of things featuring my voice, thoughts, or writing.

An incomplete list of things featuring my voice, thoughts, or writing.

NPR, feature: “#NPRpoetry Comes When You 'Write What You Know'“

Forbes, profile: “Minnesota’s Only Black-Owned Bookstore Is Creating A Space For Black Storytelling”

Dionne Sims for Walker Art Center, article: “We Can Go Further: A Survey of Book Covers for Juneteenth”

CBS News, profile: “How Dionne Sims, owner of Black Garnet Books, learned to balance mental health and owning a business”

Dispatch, profile: “Books Aren’t Dead”

Minnesota Public Radio, interview: “Minnesota book stores celebrating Independent Book Store Day with passport”

Minnesota Public Radio, interview: “Take it to the Lake: Three booksellers share their must-read summer titles”

Rewire, interview: “The Seesaw Effect of Performative Activism”

The Wake Mag, profile: “Black Garnet Books, Minnesota’s Only Black-Owned Bookstore”

Minnesota Public Radio, interview: “Ask a Bookseller: 'A heaping helping of joy'“

Minnesota Public Radio, interview: “Booksellers of color lift up diverse voices”

MSP Magazine, feature: “Why Dionne Sims Started Black Garnet Books, Minnesota's Only Black-Owned Bookstore”

Star Tribune, profile: “St. Paul woman looks to launch the only Black-owned bookstore in Minnesota”

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