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Poured OverDenne Michele Norris on WHEN THE HARVEST COMES When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris is a story about fathers and sons, love, life and inheritance. Denne joins us to talk about capturing music on the page, sibling relationships, literary influences, Ohio and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin2025-04-2637 min
Gays Reading | A Book Podcast for EveryoneDenne Michele Norris (When the Harvest Comes) feat. Zee Carlstrom, Guest Gay ReaderHost Jason Blitman talks to Electric Literature's editor-in-chief Denne Michele Norris about her debut novel, When the Harvest Comes. They talk about the unexpected 14-year journey to write the book, love at first sight, and the importance of stories like this one, especially today. Jason is then joined by Guest Gay Reader Zee Carlstrom who shares what they've been reading and talks about their new book, Make Sure You Die Screaming.Denne Michele Norris is the editor in chief of Electric Literature, winner of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize...2025-04-221h 08
Behind The StackDenne Michele Norris, When The Harvest ComesIn this episode Brett sits down with Denne Michele Norris to discuss her debut novel, "When The Harvest Comes". They discuss introverts vs extroverts, finding freedom within the form of writing, fathers and their queer children, and the perfect actor to cast for a key role in the book.Denne's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thedennemichele/Denne's website:https://www.dennemichele.com/food 4 Thot:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/food-4-thot/id1200684765If you like what you're hearing on this podcast please subscribe so...2025-04-1839 min
DebutifulWhen the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris: An Intimate Third Date ConversationSign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review.
Denne Michele Norris, author of When the Harvest Comes, joined the podcast to discuss getting over false starts, building community, and finding Big Chief's truth.
You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780593729601
Links!
Denne Michele Norris on the Internet: https://www.dennemichele.com/
Denne Michele Norris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedennemichele
Denne Michele Norris on Blue Sky: https://bsky.a...2025-04-1657 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for April 15, 2025This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Seven O'Clock Club, The Influencers, Murder by Cheesecake, and more great books!Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next...2025-04-1553 min
From the Front PorchEpisode 524 || April New Release RundownThis week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the April releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!
To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 524), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:
Annie's books:
Passion Project by London Sperry (4/8)
When the Ha...2025-04-1054 minFrom the Front PorchEpisode 523 || March Reading RecapThis week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in March. You get 10% off your books when you order your March Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie’s favorite books she read that month.
To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 523), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (releases June 3rd)
Broken Country by C...2025-04-0345 minPoured OverTorrey Peters on STAG DANCEStag Dance by Torrey Peters is a series of short stories and a novel that examine gender identity, pushing societal boundaries and more. Peters joins us to talk about exploring complicated themes, creating understanding for complex characters and a unique use of literary form with cohost Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Stag Dance by Torrey Peters Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Moby Dick by He...2025-03-1141 min
Cabana ChatsCabana Chats LIVE, pt 2: What's Community Got to Do with It? - part 2 of 2In this special between-seasons episode of Cabana Chats, we bring you PART TWO of the recording of a live event held on September 26, 2023, with writers Greg Mania, Denne Michele Norris, and Matt Ortile in conversation with Resort founder Catherine LaSota.
This episode is part two of the event "What's Community Got to Do With It?", which was an Official 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event held at LIC Bar in Queens, NYC. Listen in to hear Greg, Denne Michele, and Matt in a panel conversation with host Catherine LaSota, on the topic of how community has played a...2023-11-0138 minCabana ChatsCabana Chats LIVE: What's Community Got to Do with It? - part 1 of 2In this special between-seasons episode of Cabana Chats, we bring you the recording of a live event held on September 26, 2023, with writers Greg Mania, Denne Michele Norris, and Matt Ortile in conversation with Resort founder Catherine LaSota.
This episode is part one of the event "What's Community Got to Do With It?", which was an Official 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event held at LIC Bar in Queens, NYC. Listen in to hear Greg, Denne Michele, and Matt each share an anecdote about the role that community has played in their writing lives, and then...2023-10-3151 min
Ursa Short FictionWhat Denne Michele Norris Learned as a Writer and EditorDeesha and Dawnie chat with Denne Michele Norris, editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and author of the forthcoming debut novel, When The Harvest Comes (Random House). She is also the first Black, openly trans woman to helm a major literary publication.Norris discusses her approaches to both writing and editing, sharing insights for writers on working with editors. She also talks about the ways different genres — from fiction to essay to memoir — all require their own approaches. Norris asks questions of herself and of the work, aiming to edit “ethically and responsibly and [tell] a beautiful story.”Suppor...2023-10-0557 minUrsa Short FictionNafissa Thompson-Spires on the Making of ‘Heads of the Colored People’Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton go deep with Nafissa Thompson-Spires, author of the beloved 2018 collection Heads of the Colored People, to discuss Heads’ origin, the texts and other media that influenced Thompson-Spires, inspirations for her stories and characters in the collection, and their shared love for the Notes app.Thompson-Spires is candid about her upbringing in California and her own family, and how those experiences have shaped her work in terms of characters, autobiographical-leaning-but-fictionalized events, and even her ideas of place and the ways that racism persists in different ways in different parts of the country....2023-08-0252 minCabana ChatsCabana Chats: Happy Half Hour LIVE with Greg Mania and Denne Michele NorrisIt's a live event episode of the Cabana Chats podcast! On May 30, 2023, we hosted a Happy Half Hour event via Zoom at the Resort, bringing writers and friends Greg Mania and Denne Michele Norris in conversation together around writing and community. Greg and Denne Michele talk about what's going on in their professional lives, the importance of meeting up with other writers in real life, and much more.
Join the Resort online community to check out more of our Happy Half Hour events!: https://community.theresortlic.com/
Greg Mania...2023-06-0632 min
The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing PodcastPublishing Against All Odds with Denne Michele NorrisThe odds of getting a piece published in a major literary publication from the slush pile is less than 1%. So how do you beat the literary odds? Denne Michele Norris, editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and author of the forthcoming novel, When The Harvest Comes, gives us a peek behind the publishing curtain and tells us her journey to a major book deal with Random House. Plus, some pretty shocking numbers are revealed in a round of publishing trivia!2023-06-0551 min
The Inner Loop RadioPublishing Against All Odds with Denne Michele NorrisThe odds of getting a piece published in a major literary publication from the slush pile is less than 1%. So how do you beat the literary odds? Denne Michele Norris, editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and author of the forthcoming novel, When The Harvest Comes, gives us a peek behind the publishing curtain and tells us her journey to a major book deal with Random House. Plus, some pretty shocking numbers are revealed in a round of publishing trivia!2023-06-0551 min
The latest segments from The TakeawayProducer Appreciation Weeks: Morgan GivensWe continue our Producer Appreciation Weeks with Host Melissa Harris-Perry, who peels back the curtain and speaks with the talented folks that make The Takeaway every day. Today we're highlighting some of Morgan Givens' favorite segments produced during his time with The Takeaway:
What Makes a Black ManElectric Literature Editor-in-Chief Denne Michele Norris Makes History and Makes SpaceAward Winning Poet Danez Smith Rises to the TopWhy Titus Kaphar Won't "Shut Up and Paint"Level Up: Accessibility in Gaming
Morgan joined The Takeaway team in late 2022, and initially made his way into radio in a roundabout way. He sp...2023-05-2548 minThe latest segments from The TakeawayProducer Appreciation Weeks: Morgan GivensWe continue our Producer Appreciation Weeks with Host Melissa Harris-Perry, who peels back the curtain and speaks with the talented folks that make The Takeaway every day. Today we're highlighting some of Morgan Givens' favorite segments produced during his time with The Takeaway:
What Makes a Black ManElectric Literature Editor-in-Chief Denne Michele Norris Makes History and Makes SpaceAward Winning Poet Danez Smith Rises to the TopWhy Titus Kaphar Won't "Shut Up and Paint"Level Up: Accessibility in Gaming
Morgan joined The Takeaway team in late 2022, and initially made his way into radio in a roundabout way. He sp...2023-05-2548 min
The TakeawayProducer Appreciation Weeks: Morgan GivensWe continue our Producer Appreciation Weeks with Host Melissa Harris-Perry, who peels back the curtain and speaks with the talented folks that make The Takeaway every day. Today we're highlighting some of Morgan Givens' favorite segments produced during his time with The Takeaway:
What Makes a Black ManElectric Literature Editor-in-Chief Denne Michele Norris Makes History and Makes SpaceAward Winning Poet Danez Smith Rises to the TopWhy Titus Kaphar Won't "Shut Up and Paint"Level Up: Accessibility in Gaming
Morgan joined The Takeaway team in late 2022, and initially made his way into radio in a roundabout way. He sp...2023-05-2550 minThe TakeawayProducer Appreciation Weeks: Morgan GivensWe continue our Producer Appreciation Weeks with Host Melissa Harris-Perry, who peels back the curtain and speaks with the talented folks that make The Takeaway every day. Today we're highlighting some of Morgan Givens' favorite segments produced during his time with The Takeaway:
What Makes a Black ManElectric Literature Editor-in-Chief Denne Michele Norris Makes History and Makes SpaceAward Winning Poet Danez Smith Rises to the TopWhy Titus Kaphar Won't "Shut Up and Paint"Level Up: Accessibility in Gaming
Morgan joined The Takeaway team in late 2022, and initially made his way into radio in a roundabout way. He sp...2023-05-2550 min
Food 4 ThotInside the Head and Heart of Thee Denne MicheleToday's episode is a special one! Jeffrey Masters, Friend of the Pod and host of LGBTQ&A, brings us a special one-on-one interview with fan favorite Denne Michele Norris!Looking for the show notes? Everything we talk about each episode — books, shows, sex toys, resources — can finally be found in our *free* Substack. Or, if you wanna support the pod, become a Zaddy or Queen Mother subscriber and get even juicier content while becoming a patron of our work 2022-05-2329 min
Dear Literature028: Dear Literature 2021 Wrap-UpIn this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa review their 2021 in books and writing.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dearlitpod
Media Mentioned:
Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong (McElderry Books)
“Twitter vs. MFA” by Denne Michele Norris (Electric Literature)
Wound from the Mouth of a Wound by torrin a. greathouse (Milkweed Editions)
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatatil (Milkweed Editions)
Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (One World)
These Violent Delights by C...2022-01-111h 04
Minorities in PublishingEpisode 114: 2021 Wrap-Up![This interview was conducted via Zoom so there may be some audio variation.] Jenn speaks with Electric Literature EiC Denne Michele Norris and freelance development/copyeditor Jon Reyes about the travails of publishing over 2021 including continuous calls for true efforts of inclusion & equity, how lack of efforts leads to a sustainment of continually problematic & harmful systems, and we also delve into their respective current + past roles in the industry. [Transcript of this episode can be found on the Episodes page of the podcast Tumblr.]2021-12-2143 minDear Literature026: Publishing Supply ChainIn this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa discuss the global supply chain issues and how they're affecting the book publishing industry.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dearlitpod
Media:
Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin (Feminist Press)
CN: Sexism, slavery, forced institutionalization, murder, child death, emotional abuse, illness (cancer), sexual content
“Forget Billionaires! The Future Of Literary Magazines Depends On Us” by Denne Michele Norris (Electric Literature)
@firstdraftpod, “Books and the Great Supply Chain Disruption”
“The Book Biz Tries to Avoid Supply Chain Disruptions” by Jim Milliot (Publishers Weekly)
2021-11-2356 min
Gender RevealLive in NYC!Tuck speaks with writer Denne Michele Norris (she/her), cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky (they/them) and organizer Mateo Guerrero (he/they) at Starr Bar in Bushwick. Topics include: Setting boundaries with friends and family Working to decriminalize sex work in New York Coming out as a trans woman after coming out as nonbinary Plus: “TGNCIQ”; “transhet”; figure skating; the trans rock climbing obsession; trans lit representation; surviving public restrooms; f•cking around and finding out. The article Denne mentions is “Trans Characters Are In Vogue, But Where Are the Thinkpieces?” by Eli Cugini. We also mention Refuge Restrooms. Find Denn...2021-11-011h 00
NYC Trans Oral History ProjectInterview of Denne Michele NorrisDenne Michele Norris is a writer, figure skater and musician. In this interview she discusses her writing practice, how figure skating relates to writing, nonlinear time, and growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She also discusses the importance of her queer community in New York and unexpected queer spaces throughout her life. Denne is one of the hosts of the podcast Food 4 Thot and is the author of AWST Collection (AWST press, 2018).2021-09-141h 31
LGBTQ&ADenne-Michele Norris: Coming Out in the Pandemic 🏳️⚧️Denne Michele Norris (co-host of Food 4 Thot) talks about recently coming out as trans, how the Choices: Stories You Play video game changed her life, and her new job as the Editor-in-Chief of Electric Literature.
LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. Come find us on Twitter @lgbtqpod.2021-09-0728 min
Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on FireDenne Michele Norris on QTPOC Literary WorldsHow might difference be reframed as avenue toward sharing collective power instead of a source of conflict? How can the literary world better encourage and sustain writers from marginalized identities? What does it mean to make art that doesn't shy away from the politics of context? In episode 88 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach talks with author, editor, and podcast co-host Denne Michele Norris about how the writing process differs for novels versus short fiction, why sending authors acceptance letters is the highlight of her day as a fiction editor, how the literary world can...2019-05-0829 min