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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
Poetry

Narya Deckard :: “Thinking About Kentucky and the Wolfpen Poems,” “The River Yearning,” and “Cicadas” ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Appalachia, just south of the Mason Dixon,...
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The River of Strange

April 2024. The South is blooming.

Well, it came in like a lamb and kinda’ stayed...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Eric Olsen :: Life, Legacy, Fractured Spines, and the Power of Now ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a grits, sweet tea, and...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Barry Gordon Thompson-Cook :: It Was On a Bayou ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Barry Gordon Thompson-Cook was born in Louisiana...
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Poetry

Holly Thompson :: The Heeler’s Lyric; The Facts of the Legal Matter ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My submissions are sent to you with...
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Poetry

Jane Sasser :: Why She Poisoned Him; Ode to Barn Clothes; Bargains ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended high school in a small...
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Poetry

Savannah S. Miller. :: In Tennessee, Part II ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in a little town...
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Fiction

John Riley ::What Did She Lose?::

Southern Legitimacy Statement A field did stretch between our old...
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Poetry

Richard George :: Poetry ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended Tulane University and lived and...
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Poetry

Sage Yamashita :: Three Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My dad worked for the State Department...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Jen Aceto :: I Found Ease in Oklahoma ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Despite being born and raised on the...
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Fiction

Noah Banta :: A City’s Lagniappe History Of Old And New People ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Spent my entire life living in a...
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Poetry

Jane Blanchard :: Undertaking ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Native to Virginia and long-resident in Georgia,...
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Poetry

Rosalie Hendon :: Poetry ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Though my parents met in their home...
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Fiction

Lorena Pimentel :: Gummy Bears ::

If the South is a state of mind and all...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Hampton D Harmon :: The Cast of the Murdaugh Saga ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am from the “salt water south”...
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