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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.


Katie Kitamura on the Discomfort of Calling Herself a Writer

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
December 8, 2021  By Thresholds 
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“This Is Where My Soul Is.’ James Han Mattson on Writing About Race and Fractured Identities

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
December 1, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Aimee Bender on Creating Structure to Ward Off Writing Dread

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November 24, 2021  By Thresholds 
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“I Wanted to Make the Connection and Then I Wanted to Take You to Cinnabon.” Ryka Aoki on Writing Trans Stories

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November 17, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Gregory Pardlo on Trusting What’s on the Other Side of Sobriety… and Poetry

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November 10, 2021  By Thresholds 
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“Is This Really a Good Idea?” Susan Orlean on Getting Over Her Own Skepticism

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November 3, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

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October 27, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Bad Seed Warren Ellis on the Spirituality of Music and Nina Simone’s Chewing Gum

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
October 20, 2021  By Thresholds 
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How Rita Dove Cultivates Her “Island of the Mind”

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October 13, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Sanaë Lemoine on the Reveal That Changed Her Life… and Inspired Her Novel

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
October 6, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Andrew Martin on the Fine Line Between Autofiction and Autobiographical Fiction

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September 29, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Rebecca Carroll on the Joy and Relief of Finding Catharsis Through Crafting Memoir

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September 22, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Maggie Nelson on Climate Change and Hopelessness

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September 15, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
September 8, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Lauren Sandler on Setting Up Ground Rules with Her Book Subjects

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September 1, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Eula Biss on the Essay’s Amenability to Ambivalence

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August 25, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

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August 18, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Mary Ruefle on How Art Exploded Her World

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August 11, 2021  By Thresholds 
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How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell

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August 4, 2021  By Thresholds 
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Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
July 28, 2021  By Thresholds 
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