![]() I may be interested in thinking about that someday. Illinois is particularly flat-geographically-which is a stark change for me as a native Californian. ![]() NTS: I haven’t really written about the Midwest at all yet. Are there any qualities or features of the Midwest that you find yourself coming back to, in real life or in your writing? How does it function differently, if at all, from other regions of the U.S.? LD: As a setting for rich relationships and interactions, the Midwest is often underestimated. Now we’re both professors at the university. Nafissa Thompson-Spires: I came to Illinois when my husband took a job at the University of Illinois, and I also entered the MFA program there. ![]() Laura Dzubay: What’s your connection to the Midwest? Midwestern Gothic staffer Laura Dzubay talked with author Nafissa Thompson-Spires about her novel Heads of the Colored People, the necessity of empathy for characters, structuring short story collections, and more. ![]()
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