• Announcing Season 3 of the Thresholds Podcast

    Acclaimed Writers Reveal Life-Changing Experiences

    Thresholds is a series of conversations with writers about experiences that completely turned them upside down, disoriented them in their lives, changed them, and changed how and why they wanted to write. Hosted by Jordan Kisner, author of the essay collection, Thin Places, and brought to you by Lit Hub Radio, the show has featured Mira Jacob, Alexander Chee, Wendy S. Walters, Tara Westover, Suleika Jaouad, Carmen Maria Machado, Ocean Vuong, Kate Zambreno, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Laura Kolbe, Mychal Denzel Smith, Cathy Park Hong, Wayétu Moore, Natalie Diaz, and Leslie Jamison.

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    As we prepare for the 2021 season of Thresholds, we take a look back at some of our favorite conversations from 2020 including excerpts from interviews with Mira Jacob, Ocean Vuong, Natalie Diaz, Carmen Maria Machado, Alexander Chee, and Mychal Denzel Smith.

    New episodes of Thresholds coming every Wednesday, starting 1/13/21! Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, PocketCasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

    Original music by Lora-Faye Åshuvud and art by Kirstin Huber.

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    Thresholds
    Thresholds
    Thresholds is a series of intimate, surprising interviews with writers and artists you love about the transformative experiences (surprises, crises, existential freakouts, u-turns, breakthroughs) that have shaped their work. The life-wasn’t-the-same-after-that moments. Hosted by Jordan Kisner, author of the essay collection Thin Places, and brought to you by Lit Hub Radio.





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