Episode 137: Meet you in The Stacks with Traci Thomas!
Release Date: 12/18/2024
Episode 140: Interview with EiC and Debut Author Denne Michele Norris
Minorities in Publishing
[This interview was conducted online and there may be some audio variation.] "Your sentences are your vehicle." --Denne Michele Norris Denne Michele Norris (When the Harvest Comes and Both/And) returns to the MiP podcast to discuss everything leading up to her debut novel, including breaking from a "quitting" mentality to one where she invested herself fully into the writing process. A process that has lead her to an amazing career as Editor-in-Chief of Electric Literature and editor of the upcoming anthology Both/And. Denne shares her fears of not reaching her dream...
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The Power of Storytelling | MiP & IIRP Collaborative Episode
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The Power of Storytelling is a special collaboration episode between and the . Through the power of storytelling, we aim to engage powerful leaders and activists in conversations around keeping hope in dire times; giving back power to communities; radical empathy; arts as means to tell real life stories, and the effects of genuine engagement in community resilience. Listen to critical storytellers and educators including Jennifer Coreas, Reginald Dwayne Betts, and Tiffany Yu, who have been foundational in bringing awareness to societal issues and community movements through storytelling...
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Episode 138: Interview with debut author Cherry Lou Sy
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[This interview was conducted online and there may be some audio variation.] "Writing has extracted from me this idea of exorcising demons, but also exercising a self that felt so erased." -Cherry Lou Sy In the first MiP episode of 2025, Jenn speaks with debut author Cherry Lou Sy (Love Can't Feed You) about adjusting to prose writing as a playwright, the line between fiction and autofiction, and how the stories we need to create most come from a necessity to be seen. [You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, transcripts, and new eps on the MiP...
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Episode 137: Meet you in The Stacks with Traci Thomas!
Minorities in Publishing
[This interview was conducted online and there may be some audio variation.] Jenn spoke with the most avid of readers and the most bountiful of hosts, Traci Thomas (The Stacks podcast), about The Stacks origins and Traci's deep love of books in her approach to interviews, plus we go in-depth about the reader experience! Discussing book events and the possibilities, Traci suggests The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker to discuss overall energy and setup as well as the range of how the tour experience can go. Good stuff! [You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job...
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MiP Live at StoryFest 2024 - Westport Library
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This is a live recording of the Minorities in Publishing podcast hosted at on September 21st as part of the 2024 StoryFest line up. Audio was provided by Travis Bell (The Westport Library). StoryFest 2024 welcomed Jenn and fellow 2023 debut authors (True True) and (I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom and Eighteen Roses) about their respective year as debut authors in the young adult space. The group discusses expectations, surprises, and the ways they found community to help one another through a somewhat emotional, uplifting, and unpredictable time in their creative and...
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Episode 136: Interview with MacArthur Fellow Jason Reynolds
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[This interview was conducted online and there may be some audio variation.] Newly anointed MacArthur Fellow and best-selling, award-winning author Jason Reynolds returns to the MiP podcast for the 10th anniversary year! His new book, , joins the compendium of many of Jason's love stories for and featuring young people. Jason speaks to the transparency of larger conversations around intimacy--what it means, feels like, and actually looks like outside of "mainstream" representation--the multidudes of love in relationships and storytelling, as well as a very necessary need for more...
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Episode 135: Interview with Book Influencer Lupita Aquino
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[This interview was conducted online and there may be some audio variation.] Continuing the podcast's 10th anniversary year, Jenn speaks with book influencer--bookstagrammer and booktoker elite--! Lupita keeps it real about the influencer life, setting boundaries, reading for the joy of it, and the ways the book influencer space has changed over the years. In this very illuminating and fun convo, Lupita also gets honest about the juggle of advocating for books while also holding down other responsibilities and interests. [You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings,...
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Episode 134: Interview with Debut Rom-Com Author Danica Nava
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[This interview was conducted online and there may be some audio variation.] As the 10th-anniversary year continues, Jenn welcomes debut author Danica Nava (The Truth According to Ember) for some laughs around romance shenanigans! Danica breaks down what often makes a rom-com while increasing the stakes for characters, she discusses the necessity of representing the reality of Indigenous characters within all genres through hardships and highlights, and what it's like being one of the first Indigenous writers of a romantic comedy to be traditionally published. [You can sign up for the...
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Episode 133: Interview with horror writer Nick Medina
Minorities in Publishing
[This interview was conducted online so there may be some audio variation.] For the 10th anniversary year of Minorities in Pub, Jenn welcomes to the podcast! Nick Medina is the author of the novels Indian Burial Ground and Sisters of the Lost Nation. In this episode, Nick discusses the many drafts that lead to his first book deal, how horror can represent some of the truest and most potent emotions as a genre, and how he wove cultural and fantastical elements into his latest novel. [You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, and new...
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Episode 132: Interview with Newbery-honor author Veera Hiranandani
Minorities in Publishing
[This interview was conducted online so there may be some audio variation. Intro/Outro music is by Moutaineer and licensed through Continuing the 10th anniversary year of Minorities in Pub, Jenn welcomes another Newbery honoree in ! Veera her new middle-grade novel, a follow-up to the award-winning The Night Diary, Amil and the After. Veera also discusses how writing a book about a massive historical event like The Partition of India reflects the ongoing effects/repercussions for the communities (and world) involved, the ways in which we can parse out our own questions through...
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Jenn spoke with the most avid of readers and the most bountiful of hosts, Traci Thomas (The Stacks podcast), about The Stacks origins and Traci's deep love of books in her approach to interviews, plus we go in-depth about the reader experience! Discussing book events and the possibilities, Traci suggests The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker to discuss overall energy and setup as well as the range of how the tour experience can go. Good stuff!
[You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, transcripts, and new eps on the MiP website here.]
This month's episode & newsletter were sponsored by Writeability, a nonprofit writers guild, in defense of the imagination.
Intro/Outro music is by Moutaineer and licensed through Premuim Beat.