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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.


Rivka Galchen on Her Instinct to Abandon Projects

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
July 21, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
July 14, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Kristen Radtke: “Putting Anything into the World Is Totally Humiliating”

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
July 7, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Jericho Brown on Church, Desire, and Learning How to Change

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
June 30, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in Praise of Unconventional Writing Practices

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
June 23, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Patrick Cottrell: How Autofiction Has Taken the Pressure Off Character Transformation

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
June 16, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Kristen Arnett: “I Always Want to Write Something Messy. What’s the Fun of Being Clean All the Time?”

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
June 9, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Donika Kelly: What It’s Like on the Other Side of Writing Trauma

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
June 2, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Hilary Leichter: “I Don’t Feel Like I’m in a Realist World”

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
May 26, 2021  By Thresholds 
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C Pam Zhang on the Psychic Idea of Home

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
May 19, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Rachel Kushner: Everything Behind You Is Part of Your Present Tense

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
May 12, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
May 5, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Ahmed Naji on the Contemporary Reality of the Exiled Writer

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
April 28, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil: If You’re Going to Cut Down Forests, Have the Decency to Name What You Destroy

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner
April 21, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Jordan Kisner on Obsession Versus Possession in Thin Places

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast
April 14, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Fariha Róisín on Learning to Care Less About the Publishing World’s Rules

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner
April 7, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Melissa Febos on Facing the Daunting Essay

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner
March 31, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Marie-Helene Bertino on the Dual Portals of Trauma and Friendship

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner
March 24, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Esmé Weijun Wang on the Physical and Visceral Act of Writing

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner
March 17, 2021  By Thresholds 
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How Being the Opposite of an Art Monster Has Helped Lynn Steger Strong’s Work

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner
March 10, 2021  By Thresholds 
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