Black-owned indie bookstore finds its home on Main Street
Diana Townsend (left) and Jay DeMoir (right) co-own DeMoir Books & Things. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Black authors are prominently displayed at DeMoir Books & Things where Memphis book lovers will also find titles by authors ranging from the Harlem Renaissance writers to women poets to LGBTQ+ romance novelists.
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DeMoir Books and Things Jeremee DeMoir small business Open on MainAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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