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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Jeremiah Stricklin :: Pretty Boy ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My mom used to tell me that’s...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis :: Blank Tile with Tree ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I reside south of Canada. I have...
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Fiction

Jim R. Rogers :: Imprint ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: “Here lately, it appears that nobody cares...
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Poetry

Carl Harris :: Three Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement:I am a queer black southern writer who...
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Flash Fiction

Carol Flythe :: Them ::

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

Brent Cronin :: Anyone but Annie ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I currently live in West Virginia, which...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Richard Cutler :: The Squirrels Eat My Roof in January ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The Pamlico River divides Beaufort County in...
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Flash Fiction

George Uriah :: Katrina, Darling ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I moved from Nairobi to Nashville right...
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Flash Fiction

James M. Maskell :: Henry ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve spent my life in an area...
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