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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

Daun Daemon: Fiction

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the North Carolina...
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Essays

James Ryer: Essay

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The South is comprised of mesmerizing layers...
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Fiction

Kenneth Sutton: Fiction: June 2022

Southern Literacy Statement: My friend Sam told if I’m tellin...
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Essays

Jonathan Odell: Memoir:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised a white guy in...
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Essays

Roger Howell: Memoir:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Being of Southern rootage, the past crawls...
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Poetry

B. Lynn Zika: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: As a child I took comfort in...
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Essays

Andy Betz: Memoir:

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

Byron Hoot: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised in West Virginia now...
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Poetry

B. Lynne Zika: Poetry:

Southern legitimacy statement: Chub Petersen’s mama didn’t teach him the...
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Poetry

S. Preston Duncan: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve spent my life in Virginia, where...
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Poetry

Marjorie Gowdy: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement Or, I’ll Carry Myself Back Reared on...
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EssaysPoetry

John Dorroh: Memoir: May 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in LaRochelle, France, to...
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Essays

Mitzi Dorton: Essay: May 2022

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: We’ll stop right up here in...
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Fiction

Bradley Sides: Fiction: May 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Those memories in the creek and at...
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Fiction

Neil Bearden: Fiction: May 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born...
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Fiction

Lukas Tallent: Fiction: May 2022

Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in no where,...
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