Thresholds
Episodes
Lauren Sandler
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan talks to journalist Lauren Sandler about how close you can or should get to your subjects, about who gets to write what and why, and about the ...
Eula Biss
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan talks to writer Eula Biss about living in the moment of a threshold, about buying a house, about making a career, and about how too much fertil...
Deesha Philyaw
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan talks to Deesha Philyaw about getting out of a bad marriage, learning to embrace life again, and doing it all while putting together a short st...
Mary Ruefle
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan visits with poet Mary Ruefle at her home in Vermont for a conversation about the passage of time, the both-sides-ness of thresholds, memory -- ...
Thresholds Presents Wondery's True Love
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While you wait for the next episoe of Thresholds, we wanted to share a preview of a new podcast from our friends over at Wondery.Looking for a new pod...
Nadia Owusu
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan talks to Nadia Owusu, author of Aftershocks: A Memoir, about the familial revelations that inspired the book, about her journey through (and re...
Michelle Orange
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan talks to Michelle Orange about her new book, Pure Flame, the archetypal relationship between mothers and daughters, and the po...
Rivka Galchen
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan talks to Rivka Galchen about the projects she never finishes, how hard it is for her to stay in love with an idea, and how oft...
Kaveh Akbar
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kaveh Akbar’s poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. His second full-length volume o...
Kristen Radtke
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Radtke is the author of the graphic nonfiction books Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness (July 2021), for which she received a 201...
Jericho Brown
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jericho Brown is author of the The Tradition (Copper Canyon 2019), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. He is the recipient of fellowships from t...
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the author of three novels, two memoirs, and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies. Her novels include So Many Ways...
Patrick Cottrell
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Cottrell is the author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace (McSweeney's). His work has appeared in numerous places including Granta, Buzzfeed, Vice,...
Kristen Arnett
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Arnett is the author of With Teeth: A Novel (Riverhead Books, 2021) and the NYT bestselling debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2019) w...
Donika Kelly
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Donika Kelly is the author of THE RENUNCIATIONS (Graywolf 2021) and BESTIARY (Graywolf). BESTIARY is the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Hu...
Hilary Leichter
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hilary Leichter is the author of the novel Temporary, which was shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and longlisted for the PEN/He...
C Pam Zhang
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Beijing, C Pam Zhang is mostly an artifact of the United States. She is the author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold, which won the Academy o...
Rachel Kushner
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Kushner is the author of the internationally acclaimed novels THE MARS ROOM, THE FLAMETHROWERS, and TELEX FROM CUBA, as well as a book of sh...
Hanif Abdurraqib
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His latest book, A Little Devil in America, was released in March 2021...
Ahmed Naji
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmed Naji, a writer from Egypt, is presently a fellow at the Black Mountain Institute in Las Vegas. His work touches on a variety of themes, includin...
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (neh-ZOO / KOO-mah / tah-TILL) is the author of the New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays and Kirk...
Jordan Kisner
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the paperback release of Thin Places, this special episode features Jordan in the interview seat in a conversation with returning guest L...
Fariha Róisín
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fariha Róisín is an NYC based, Australian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist with an interest in her wellness, Muslim identity, race, self-care pop ...
Melissa Febos
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Febos is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart (St. Martin’s Press 2010), and the essay collection, Abandon Me (Bloomsbu...
Marie-Helene Bertino
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marie-Helene Bertino is the author of the novels PARAKEET (New York Times Editors’ Choice) and 2 A.M. AT THE CAT’S PAJAMAS (NPR Best Books 20...
Esmé Weijun Wang
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Esmé Weijun Wang is a novelist and essayist. She is the author of the New York Times-bestselling essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias (2019...
Lynn Steger Strong
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lynn Steger Strong’s most recent novel, Want, was one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Books of 2020. Her first novel, Hold Still, was released by Liveri...
Fernanda Melchor
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1982, Fernanda Melchor is widely recognized as one of the most exciting new voices of Mexican literature. Her novel Hurri...
Lydia Millet
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Millet has written more than a dozen novels and story collections, often about the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extin...
Ross Gay
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner o...
Suleika Jaouad
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we revisit our 2020 conversation with Suleika Jaouad in celebration of her memoir, Between Two Kingdoms, which was released this week.Suleika J...
Eileen Myles
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eileen Myles came to New York from Boston in 1974 to be a poet, subsequently novelist, public talker and art journalist. A Sagittarius, their 22 books...
Margo Jefferson
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Margo Jefferson previously served as book and arts critic for Newsweek and the New York Times. Her...
Catherine Lacey
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Lacey is the author of four works of fiction: Nobody Is Ever Missing, The Answers, Certain American States, and Pew. She's recently publishe...
Raven Leilani
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, was released in August 2020 and won the Kirkus Prize and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Her work has b...
A Look Back at 2020
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we prepare for the 2021 season of Thresholds, we took a look back at some of our favorite conversations from 2020 including excerpts from interview...
Natalie Diaz
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California, on the banks of the Colorado River. She is Mojave and an en...
Wayétu Moore
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wayétu Moore is the author of The Dragons, The Giant, The Women, which was released in June 2020. Her debut novel, She Would Be King, was released i...
Cathy Park Hong
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cathy Park Hong’s book of creative nonfiction, Minor Feelings, was published this spring by One World/Random House (US) and Profile Books (UK). She ...
Mychal Denzel Smith
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of the just-released Stakes is High: Life After the American Dream as well as the 2016 New York Times bestseller Inv...
Laura Kolbe
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Kolbe is a writer as well as a physician and assistant professor of internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She ...
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is the author of five poetry collections, including Seeing the Body (W. W. Norton, 2020) and Mule & Pear (New Issues Po...
Kate Zambreno
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Zambreno is the author of several acclaimed books including Screen Tests, Heroines, and Green Girl. Her latest novel, Drifts, was released in May...
Ocean Vuong
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is a recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenb...
Season 2 -- Coming August 12th
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eight new conversations, one new season. Thresholds is a series of conversations with writers about experiences that completely turned them upside dow...
Leslie Jamison
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Jamison is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams, and the novel The Gin Closet. She is a con...
Carmen Maria Machado
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of Her Body and Other Parties, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book C...
Suleika Jaouad
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Suleika Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning writer, speaker, cancer survivor, and activist. She served on Barack Obama's President's Cancer Panel, and he...
Tara Westover
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tara Westover was born in Idaho in 1986. She received her BA from Brigham Young University in 2008 and was subsequently awarded a Gates Cambridge Scho...
Wendy S. Walters
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy S. Walters' current projects address class and racial disquietude in the industrial Midwest; intersections between writing and design, and org...
Alexander Chee
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, al...
Mira Jacob
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mira Jacob is a novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic. Her graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations was shortlisted for ...
Introducing Thresholds
07 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is Thresholds, a series of conversations with writers about experiences that completely turned them upside down, disoriented them in their lives,...