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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

Rory Squires :: A Love Letter to Humanity ::

SLS: My mother’s extended family originated in West Virginia, so...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Kayla Branstetter :: Changing Directions ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: On your website, you stated “Let the...
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FictionFlash Fiction

Christopher S. Bell :: Stream ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My South is steam rising up from...
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Poetry

Raymond Berthelot :: Three Poems ::

And of course I’m a Southern writer geographically, and socially...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Cynthia Gilmore :: My Boobs at Sixty ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I moved south kicking and screaming in...
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Fiction

David Newdorf :: Amor vincit omnia ::

I was born, raised, educated, married, raised kids, and divorced...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

David VanDevelder :: A Requiem for Grandmother Tree ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: We were a prototypical southern nuclear family....
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Poetry

K. L. Johnson :: All Saints Day Savannah; In the Sandhills; Walking With my Ex’s Mother ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m an army brat, but grew up...
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FictionFlash Fiction

Lucas Zuehl :: Emily ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I used to live in Texas, and...
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Blog

The Dead Mule Podcast

Life is but a dream. A dream within a dream....
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Fiction

Leo Coffey :: Gutted ::

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

Susan Pepper Robbins :: Fred Speaks at Last ::

My Southern Legitimacy Statement is this: I have lived in...
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Essays

Frankie Franco :: Finding and Fulfilling Our Purpose Right Where We Are ::

My Southern Legitimacy Statement is that my Grandpa on one...
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Interviews / Books / Music

Hillbilly Dada Poetry :: David Earl Williams’ chapbook ::

One Night at a Time a review by B. Lynn...
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Fiction

P. A. Knight :: La-Z-Boy ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Richmond, Virginia and...
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FictionFlash Fiction

Kenneth M. Kapp :: Bragging Rights ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve been in the south. Got shot...
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