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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.
Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Kelsey Erica Tran :: The True Meaning of Culture ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Growing up in Maryland, I got to...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Ted Harrison :: This Year a Kayak ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am born and bred in the...
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Flash Fiction

Alan Brickman :: Said and Unsaid ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have lived in New Orleans since...
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Poetry

J. O. Winberry :: Birdhouse ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am perhaps somewhat controversially Southern in...
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Flash Fiction

John Frame :: Night Out in Cow Town ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I spent a year living in Charlotte,...
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Flash Fiction

Casey Clough :: The Hunter ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in South...
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Flash Fiction

Roger D’Agostin :: Rough Kisses ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Flannery O’Connor, need I say more? Rough...
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Blog

this is what war looks like.

The Library of Congress digital archives provide us with this...
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Essays

Margaret Donovan Bauer :: Well, Bless Your Heart ::

Southern legitimacy statement–As I tell my students, I am from...
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Poetry

Vincent Worsley :: The Dogs Are Out ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Fort...
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Flash Fiction

Mia Eaker :: Red Lipstick ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Pumpkin...
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Poetry

Lindsey McIntosh :: Tragedy of Mrs. McQueen :: When Rivers Run Red ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Southern Appalachia is home. The mountains have...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Kyla Houbolt :: Where We Went ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Once, near the coast of NC, (where...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

David Grubb :: The Rodent Queen of Half Dome ::

Southern Bona Fide I’m still a bonafide southern fried hunting...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Nora Super :: Brains vs. Beauty ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana,...
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Poetry

Thomas Macfie :: Edge-of-Water ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Sewanee,...
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