# The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

> No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.

## Core Content

- [Cathy Smith Bowers ::  Poet Laureate of North Carolina 2010-2012 :: Six Poems ::](https://deadmule.com/cathy-smith-bowers-nc-poet-laureate-six-poems/): Born 1949, Bowers is an acclaimed Southern poet and educator who served as North Carolina Poet Laureate from 2010 to
- [Juan Cruz :: A Morning in Bogotá ::](https://deadmule.com/juan-cruz-a-morning-in-bogota/): Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Bogotá, Colombia. I moved to the US when I was in my twenties.
- [Lazarus Trubman : The Healing Air of Freedom : January 2020](https://deadmule.com/lazarus-trubman-the-healing-air-of-freedom-january-2020/): Southern Legitimacy Statement: My momma and papa, both teachers, brought me into this world in a small town in the
- [Starting the Dead Mule](https://deadmule.com/starting-the-dead-mule/): Southern Legitimacy Statement: Been the Publisher of the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature for 30 years and if that
- [Thomas Scott McKenzie: Barges](https://deadmule.com/thomas-scott-mckenzie-barges/): An exceptional story by one of our favorite writers... so happy to have finally found this again.

## Key Topics

- [Fiction](https://deadmule.com/category/fiction/)
- [Poetry](https://deadmule.com/category/poetry/)
- [Essays](https://deadmule.com/category/essays/)
- [Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs](https://deadmule.com/category/creative-non-fiction-memoirs/)
- [Blog](https://deadmule.com/category/blog/)


# Last updated: 2026-10-20T12:53:42+00:00