Maude Schuyler Clay is a "Fiction Junkie"

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Maude Schuyler Clay is a "Fiction Junkie"

My full "Rooted Questionnaire" interview with acclaimed photographer of the Mississippi Delta, Maude Schuyler Clay

Feb 06, 2025

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Today I’m sharing my full recorded interview with Maude Schuyler Clay. This uncut version of our conversation is just for paid subscribers. You can also listen to the episode via the Rooted podcast on Spotify 1 (other podcasting platforms will only have the preview version). Maude is a delightful storyteller, and throughout our conversation she shared anecdotes about the many Mississippi fiction writers she’s collaborated with over the years, including Lewis Nordan, Richard Ford, Brad Watson and Beth Ann Fennelly. She also reflected on her time in New York and some of her favorite moments with her artistic hero, Eudora Welty.

I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Questionnaires

Mississippi Native: Maude Schuyler Clay

Feb 5

"You don't know how exotic this place is to most people. [Mississippi has] been called a third world country, but thanks to people like Miss Welty and William Faulkner and William Eggleston, people also have a preconceived idea that Mississippi is exotic and wonderful. It's a contrast. I feel it’s my calling card to be able to say I’m from Mississippi. I think there really is a curiosity to the kind of strangeness and isolation that we've had in Mississippi for a long time."

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