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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.
The River of Strange

Ocracoke Island, NC

Yes, the April issue is lagging behind, no fooling. I’m...
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Essays

Erika Hoffman :: Home Fries Riff ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended Duke University aka University of...
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Essays

Candice Kelsey :: Relationship Smarts ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: About nine months ago, I left Los...
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Fiction

Juan Cruz :: Open All Night ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Bogotá, Colombia. I...
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Fiction

Andrew Brasfield :: Green Top ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I live just outside of Birmingham, Alabama,...
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traitors are not heroes.
The River of Strange

State of the Mule Address

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m so southern, I created the southern...
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Fiction

James Emery :: Yellow Sodbuster::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My South is dichotomy and contradiction. Trailers...
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Poetry

S.E.B. Detling :: On Choosing the Messages Adults Send to Children :: 

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Given up for adoption in a one-light...
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Poetry

David Kendall :: Resurrection of the Dead Mule

Southern Legitimacy Statement: A few years in Biloxi, Mississippi Near...
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Fiction

Lisa Briley :: Healer ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Texas and raised in Mississippi,...
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Poetry

Tyler Robert Sheldon :: So What Happened Was, Or: The Ghost and the Bell ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve lived in Louisiana for a handful...
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Poetry

Alexander Payne Morgan :: Cargo Cult ::

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY: I lived all my life in Georgia until...
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Poetry

Les Brown :: Chicken House ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a North Carolina free-range mountain...
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Poetry

Edward Burke :: Marlovian Moment ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Edward Burke (dba strannikov) now lives for...
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Poetry

Andrew Johnson :: Big Bottom Fish ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I visited the Asbury revival in Wilmore...
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The River of Strange

Ruth Chapman Heinold :: Hearts Can Break

My mom died in 2010. She was my life. I...
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