Media and Press Kit

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Press Highlights

March 4, 2018. The Greenville News. Feature Article by Paul Hyde.  "Brutal and Bountiful: Greenville Poet Recalls Upstate's Textile History." Print Page 11A.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2018/03/02/brutal-and-bountiful-greenville-poets-lindy-lee-recalls-upstates-textile-history/1037088001/

May/June 2018. Newnan-Coweta Magazine. p 14-15 Feature Article by Annie Singh. https://issuu.com/times-herald/docs/____ncm_may-june2018/15

In the Press. 

Authors of SC. Presented by ReadSC at the South Carolina Center for the book. https://www.readsc.org/authors-of-sc

April 2020. Kimberly Simms featured in Town Magazine for National Poetry Month.

September 2019. South Carolina Poets Celebrated During Poetry Reading. https://usca.meritpages.com/news/sc-poets-celebrated-during-poetry-reading/10750

October 2018. Carl Sandburg Home Marks 50 Years as National Historic Site. The Laurel of Asheville. https://thelaurelofasheville.com/communities/homes/carl-sandburg-home-marks-50-years-as-national-historic-site/
Carl Sandburg Home Celebrates 50 Years with poets Glenis Redmond and Kimberly Simms. https://wlos.com/news/local/carl-sandburg-home-celebrates-50th-anniversary-today

“As a poet, he is a major influence on my work in both form and also topic, celebrating American workers and the struggles of everyday people,” Simms says. “Sandburg was truly a poet of the people.”

October 17th, 2018. Poet Kimberly Simms shares some of Carl Sandburg’s Work. Blue Ridge Now.
https://www.blueridgenow.com/photogallery/NC/20181017/PHOTOGALLERY/101709975/PH/1/

October 17, 2018. 50th Anniversary Events. Carl Sandburg House. https://www.nps.gov/carl/planyourvisit/50th.htm

October 17, 2018. Carl Sandburg Home celebrates 50th Anniversary today. News 13 WLOS. https://wlos.com/news/local/carl-sandburg-home-celebrates-50th-anniversary-today

August 2018. Readings set for "Archive" new anthology of South Carolina poetry. https://news.furman.edu/2018/08/07/readings-set-for-archive-new-anthology-of-south-carolina-poetry/

June 2018. Clemson World Magazine. Tigers in Print. https://clemson.world/tigersinprint/

May 2018. Decatur Arts Festival Magazine. Author Readings & Book Signings. page 7 http://decaturartsfestival.com/festival-events/author-readings-and-book-signings/


May 2018. Featured by LibraryBub. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/contemporary-verse-and-childrens-books-to-the-fore-in-librarybub-selection-for-may-681377641.html

May 2018. Library Voices SC: "South Carolina History through Poetry with Kimberly Simms - Episode 50." https://libraryvoices.podbean.com/e/south-carolina-history-through-poetry-with-kimberly-simms-episode-50/

April 16, 2018. Poets & Writers. Georgia Center for the Book Event Listing. 5/22. 7:15. https://www.pw.org/literary_events/kimberly_simms

April 2, 2018. Refinery 29. Article by Madeline Buxton. " Why Women Are — & Aren't — Deleting The Social Network." https://www.refinery29.com/2018/04/194985/delete-facebook-cambridge-analyticah


February 2018. Reading Room with Kimberly Simms. Visit Greenville.
https://www.visitgreenvillesc.com/event/reading-room-with-kimberly-simms/29630/

December 2017. South 85 Journal. Book Review by Kathleen Nalley
http://south85journal.com/issues/fall-winter-2017/reviews/lindy-lee-songs-mill-hill/

December/January 2017. Laurel Magazine. Book Feature: Songs on Mill Hill. http://thelaurelofasheville.com/arts/book-feature-songs-mill-hill/

December 2017.  "Threading her life into her work." Bold Life Magazine. http://www.boldlife.com/threading-life-work/

December 2017. "Smart Bets: Kimberly Simms" Mountain Express.
https://mountainx.com/arts/smart-bets-kimberly-j-simms/

November 2017.  "Words by Women: Songs on Mill Hill.WNC Woman Magazine. http://www.wncwoman.com/2017/11/songs-on-mill-hill/

October 2017. "Kimberly Simms Reading and Signing." Authors Round the South Blog. http://stars.authorsroundthesouth.com/events/view/31619

October 11, 2017. "Author Events: Kimberly Simms." Atlanta Journal Constitution. https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/books--literature/author-events-october/p18xpyiQvLdOKnEUO136RL/

September 25, 2017.  "A History Through Poetry: Meet author Kimberly J Simms." Travelers Rest Herehttp://travelersresthere.com/tag/kimberly-simms/

September 24, 2017. "Kimberly J Simms Shares Power of Poetry." Poets and Writers Magazine. https://www.pw.org/literary_events/kimberly_j_simms_shares_power_of_poetry

August 19, 2017. Review on Word Salad by Derek Berry. https://derekberry.wordpress.com/tag/book/ 

April 26, 2016. At Home with Carl Sandburg. Furman University News.
https://news.furman.edu/2016/04/26/residing-at-carl-sandburg-home/

April, 13, 2016 - "Sandburg Home Sets Up Writer in Residence." Blue Ridge Now. Times News. http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20160413/News/606018352

April 2016 "Carl Sandburg Writer in Residence From Greenville." GSA Biz Wirehttp://gsabizwire.com/carl-sandburg-writer-in-residence-from-greenville

March 31, 2016 – Kimberly Simms Named 2016 Carl Sandburg Writer-In- Residence: http://trtribune.com/index.php/local-news/item/2366- kimberly-simms- named-2016-carl-sandburg- writer-in- residence

Videos:



October 2017. Peggy Denny Show.  Beloved talk show host Peggy Denny interviews Kimberly for thirty minutes about her new book, Lindy Lee: Songs on Mill Hill and her work as an educator.


May, 16, 2016 –Blue Ridge Bookfest Keynote Address on the writings of Carl Sandburg. Followed by poetry reading by Kimberly Simms, the 2016 Writer-in-Residence at the Carl Sandburg House. Kimberly J. Simms talk and reading begins at 31:00.



April 13, 2016. Carl Sandburg Residency - Press Reading for the Times News. Fortune Tellers "Kimberly at The Carl Sandburg House." Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/162855932

October, 11, 2016. TedX Talk on Poetry Slam. The Ted Talk was followed by a poetry slam curated by Kimberly Simms.  https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21191

Featured Articles:

August, 15, 2016 - Charleston Currents feature - Three Poems from my new collection Lindy Lee: Songs on Mill Hill.
http://charlestoncurrents.com/2016/08/palmetto-poem-three-by-kimberly-simms/


April 8, 2015.
Clare of Book Passage (California) share about watching Kimberly Simms perform.



Full Listing of Publication Credits: http://www.kimberlysimms.com/p/publication-credits.html