Evette Dionne is a culture journalist, critic and editor who writes extensively about pop culture as it relates to race, gender and size. “Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box,” her middle-grade nonfiction book, was nominated for a National Book Award and won a Coretta Scott King Honor award. Her debut essay collection, “Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul,” was released in 2022.