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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.
Fiction

James Ryer :: Sweet Home Alabama ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was raised during the late 1940s...
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Blog

August 2023 Issue

Short and sweet, it’s too gosh darn hot to think....
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Fiction

Ian Mueller :: Unseeing ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Yeah, I was born in St. Louis,...
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Fiction

Susan Mannix :: The Nun’s Lounge ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The most legit thing I can say...
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Fiction

Gary Phillips :: Mule and Garden Days Be Praised ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a 69-year old writer who remembers...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Melissa A. Morgan :: Fine Folks ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was raised south of the Mason-Dixon...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Basil McQuade :: Telling Stories/Immaculate Sadness ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m southern in the stepson way. I...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Florence Nash :: Vidalias ::

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

Karen Lozinski :: Directions Defy Horizons ::

Here’s my Southern Legitimacy Statement: Is geographic location enough in...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Karsen Thompson :: The Fracture of My Shadow ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I hope this story touches you guys...
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Poetry

Sam Barbee :: “A Dead-On Toss”, “Generous Gods” and “Tiny Dancers”

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and given away at...
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Fiction

Katy Goforth :: All Women Marry Down and Other Fatherly Advice ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement Drinking out of an outdoor hose and...
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Poetry

Jerry Hogan :: “Bright Light,” “Reconcile,” and “Setting the Bar” ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Too often, our Native American past has...
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Fiction

S. C. Davis :: The Infinite Wisdom of Moss ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve lived in Walker County, Alabama my...
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Poetry

Jane Blanchard :: pluff mud ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Native to Virginia and long-resident in Georgia,...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Carol Anne Perini :: Ancestral Stars ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My maiden name is Totten. My ancestor,...
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