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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.


Chloé Cooper Jones on the Exchange of Authenticity Between Memoirist and Reader

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
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

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
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

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
October 5, 2022  By Thresholds 
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How Amnesia Helped Ingrid Rojas Contreras Tell Her Family’s Stories

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds
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

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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