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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.


Comedy is Aggressive: Amy Fusselman on Trying to Figure Out What the F*@% a Joke is

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
September 21, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

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

Hosted by Jordan Kisner and Drew Broussard
August 10, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Michelle Tea on Crossing the Threshold from Ambivalence to Wanting a Baby

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
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

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
July 27, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Crystal Hana Kim on Never Knowing the Full Story of People We Love

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
July 20, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Lydia Conklin on Discarding the Conventions of Queer Storytelling

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

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
July 6, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Endnotes on Inheritance: Marie-Helene Bertino, Ocean Vuong, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner and Drew Broussard
June 23, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Jhumpa Lahiri on Preserving the Multiplicity of Language

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
June 15, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Elissa Washuta on Reckoning with the Insoluble Puzzles of the Universe

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
June 8, 2022  By Thresholds 
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When Having a Baby Requires a Rewrite: Jessamine Chan on Parenthood and The School for Good Mothers

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
June 1, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
May 25, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Stephanie Foo on the Transformative Power of Google Doc Therapy

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
May 18, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Endnotes on the World Around Us: Ross Gay, adrienne maree brown, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner
May 4, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Armadillos Don’t Have Fangs: Jeff VanderMeer on Our Dangerous Disconnect from Nature

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
April 27, 2022  By Thresholds 
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N. Scott Momaday on Landscape, Emily Dickinson, and the Fellowship That Changed His Life

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
April 20, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Lulu Miller on Heartbreak and Getting a Little Emo on the Page

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
April 13, 2022  By Thresholds 
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adrienne maree brown on What it Looks Like to Organize with Integrity

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
April 6, 2022  By Thresholds 
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Allegra Hyde on How Communes Can Teach Us About Responding to Climate Change

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
March 30, 2022  By Thresholds 
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