Sweet Tea, Country Music, and Some Southern-Fried Woolf: an Interview with Author Drēma Drudge

About this episode

The episode features an interview with author Drēma Drudge discussing her literary journey and influences.

Here's an interview with the co-host of MFA Payday, Drēma Drudge. Her bio: "Welcome! I’m Drēma Drudge, author. From reading cereal boxes on the breakfast table when I was a wee thing to reading my first chapter book in a mimosa tree which birthed my love for novels and twinned it with my affection for trees, the written word and I have been fast friends forever. I’ve also been writing in one capacity or another since I was about nine, starting with terrible poems and graduating to...

People in this episode

Host: Barry Drudge

Guest: Drēma Drudge

Topics covered

• interview
• author
• literature
• country music
• southern culture

Keywords

• Drēma Drudge
• MFA Payday
• interview
• country music
• southern culture
• literature
• author

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MFA Payday

Books & works: Sweet Tea, Country Music, and Some Southern-Fried Woolf

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