a conversation with the author

A Conversation with the Author

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  • Due Sunday by 11:59pm
  • Points 10
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Due Date:

Sunday 12/19

Directions:

For this assignment, please review the following interview with your author, Thompson-Spires;

Midwestern Gothic Interview  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

NY Times Interview  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

NPR Interview  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Seth Meyer Interview  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Once you have read and watched the interviews, please answer the following questions:

1. What did you learn about the author that surprised/impressed you? 

2. What insight did you gain into Heads of the Colored People that you did not have from just reading the collection?

3. What questions would you ask the author if you were the one interviewing her? 

***Your answers to questions 1 and 2 should be in complete paragraphs (200-300 words). 

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