Lydia Landrum

Lydia Landrum studied law and politics, but sells tech now. Her dad's born and raised in the deep South, and her mom's a Jew from up north. Southern voices find a way into her writing, and this story is a good example of that.

Jude

I always hated driving. More than that, I always hated the backseat, and I always hated riding shotgun, even. I hated it back when I was a little girl in the backseat of my daddy’s Ford Super Deluxe. I don’t know why, really, maybe it’s because someone always lights up a cigarette and chokes up everyone in the car, or maybe it’s the way I get carsick if the windows ain’t up. I don’t know, I just don’t like it.

Issue 47, March 2021

Lydia Landrum

Lydia Landrum studied law and politics, but sells tech now. Her dad's born and raised in the deep South, and her mom's a Jew from up north. Southern voices find a way into her writing, and this story is a good example of that.

Jude

I always hated driving. More than that, I always hated the backseat, and I always hated riding shotgun, even. I hated it back when I was a little girl in the backseat of my daddy’s Ford Super Deluxe. I don’t know why, really, maybe it’s because someone always lights up a cigarette and chokes up everyone in the car, or maybe it’s the way I get carsick if the windows ain’t up. I don’t know, I just don’t like it.

Issue 47, March 2021

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