Julia Schult answers “What are the 'spiders' in Opal's legs?...”

Ari asked this question about There There:

What are the 'spiders' in Opal's legs? Might be a silly question but is that literal or a description of an actual ailment?

Julia Schult When I read about pulling out the spiders' legs in the book, I figured it was Morgellon's Disease: https://www.healthline.com/health/mor....
I knew ab…moreWhen I read about pulling out the spiders' legs in the book, I figured it was Morgellon's Disease: https://www.healthline.com/health/mor....
I knew about MD from conversations on a humor podcast from Rooster Teeth, though there's nothing funny about the disease. It sounds gross.

Thank you, Andrea for finding the Tommy Orange quote. Sounds like he has it, maybe in a mild form. I guess it is not a Native American Indian thing.
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