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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.
Poetry

Andy Betz :: Now I Have Two ::

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

Hendrik Kühn :: Last Talk About AI ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m localized in the north, always was,...
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Poetry

Lydia Yawn :: Letter to My Niece, in Mt. Vernon, Georgia ::

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

Mia Eaker :: Jack Was in Atlanta ::

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

Steven Lohse :: Temporary Accommodations ::

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: On my mother’s side, the Wilson...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

George Bandy :: Take What You Want ::

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

Terrence Sykes :: The Gospel According to Fireflies ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I fear that my complete listing of...
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Blog

May 3rd Issue? It’s gonna be swell.

Lots of excellent writing coming your way in just a...
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The River of Strange

April is complete.

Just read this in Gardens and Guns, a magazine out...
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Essays

Drew Coons :: Becoming a Man ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I entered this world in Florence, Alabama...
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Poetry

Clayton Walker :: euthanasia ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Refusing the confederate conscript, the men of...
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Essays

James Ryer :: Commentary on the State of Western Democracy – A Visually Sensory Essay ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have almost exclusively lived in the...
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Poetry

Greg Stidham :: Mississippi in Spring

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Am I legitimate? Well, my parents led...
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Fiction

Eddie Black :: Healing Comes to Morewell Elsewhere ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I come from a place where you...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

R. Barkley :: Joanna Eden Carmel ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My family moved from NC to TX...
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Fiction

Devin Jacobsen :: Evil in the Object ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Was born and grew up in Baton...
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