Exclusive: Read An Excerpt From Denne Michele Norris' 'When The Harvest Comes'

Exclusive: Read An Excerpt From Denne Michele Norris' 'When The Harvest Comes'

Ariela Basson/Bustle; Penguin Random House, Getty ImagesDavis’ journey to true, lasting queer love has been a fraught one. Raised as the son of a reverend, his father ruled over the house with a temper and the fervent belief that his Black son would never lay with another man. But now, decades later, Davis is set to marry the love of his life: a kind WASP named Everett... if the news of his estranged father’s death — and the unspoken childhood t…

“The story as its own living, breathing thing”: An Interview with Denne Michele Norris - Chicago Review of Books

When the Harvest Comes is a groundbreaking, breathtaking stunner of a debut novel. Tender and deeply felt, it takes up timely questions about identity, family, and forgiveness, but never wavers from its true purpose: delivering to readers a love story for the ages. That it’s also written by one of my favorite literary friends, the…