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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

Paul Colby :: Declaration of Independence ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve lived in the former confederacy most...
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Fiction

Jan Jolly :: The Tofurkey Type ::

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in the Landmark...
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Poetry

Alan May :: The Boy and the Monster ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in Central Heights in...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Jolie Day :: Summer Walk 2008 ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: from a college town as a bona...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Marsha Hawkins :: I Could Make That For You ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My twang bounces off the walls anywhere...
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Poetry

Malcolm Glass :: The Last Time He Tried ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in Florida. And that...
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Poetry

John Riley :: Five Truly Incredible Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: After I listened to Sinatra singing “The...
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Poetry

Joshua Edds :: Time ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in West Virginia but...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Amanda Pugh :: A Wild Life Refuge ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am as Southern as grits, biscuits,...
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Poetry

Brianna Corley : Omnipotence ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: In the forgotten parts of Louisiana, where...
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Fiction

Malcolm Glass :: The Panties ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: As I previously done said last time...
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Poetry

Megan Hutchinson:: Cat Head Biscuits ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Huntington, WV and raised in...
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Poetry

George Bandy :: Newport News ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve lived all of my life south...
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Fiction

Trevor Lancon :: They Shall Take Up Serpents ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: One time in Chicago I had to...
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Fiction

Patrick Key :: Lucid Memories ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in California, but I...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Alan Caldwell :: Granny ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am right now eating chitlins for...
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