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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.


Hafizah Geter: Why Writing Isn’t Solitary

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
February 1, 2023  By Thresholds 
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“Don’t Think About a Career. Just Think About the Next Sentence.” Sam Lipsyte Against Literary Forecasting

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January 25, 2023  By Thresholds 
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Heather Radke on the Profundity of Our Unruly Bodies

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January 18, 2023  By Thresholds 
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Alyssa Songsiridej on Reaching the Limits of a Self… and a Neighborhood

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December 1, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Asali Solomon on Writing Fiction as a Process of Discovery

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November 23, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Saeed Jones on Structuring Alive at the End of the World in the Shape of Grief

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November 17, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Gender Identity and Narratives Drawn from the Body

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November 10, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Chloé Cooper Jones on the Exchange of Authenticity Between Memoirist and Reader

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November 2, 2022  By Thresholds 
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“Before the Words Became Pages, We Were Eating.” Why Kay Ulanday Barrett’s Best Poems Are About Food

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October 26, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Endnotes on Ghosts: Patrick Cottrell, Lynn Steger Strong, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner and Drew Broussard
October 12, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Samantha Hunt on What It Means to Believe in Ghosts

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October 5, 2022  By Thresholds 
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How Amnesia Helped Ingrid Rojas Contreras Tell Her Family’s Stories

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September 28, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Comedy is Aggressive: Amy Fusselman on Trying to Figure Out What the F*@% a Joke is

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September 21, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

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September 14, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Endnotes on Family: Crystal Hana Kim, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and More Voices from Thresholds

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August 10, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Michelle Tea on Crossing the Threshold from Ambivalence to Wanting a Baby

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August 3, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Keith Gessen on Trying (and Failing) to Be the Kind of Dad He’d Always Imagined

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July 27, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Crystal Hana Kim on Never Knowing the Full Story of People We Love

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July 20, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Lydia Conklin on Discarding the Conventions of Queer Storytelling

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July 13, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Ashley C. Ford: If “Kids Are the Future,” Why Don’t We Act Like it?

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July 6, 2022  By Thresholds 
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