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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

Neil Izenberg: Flash Fiction: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My Southern roots are gastronomic. My mother...
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Essays

Lee Matalone: Creative Non-Fiction: Dec 2021

Southern legitimacy statement: I’ve spent nearly my whole life in...
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Poetry

Ava B. Emmerson: Poetry: Dec 2021

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

April Hedges: Flash Fiction: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: April M. Hedges bleeds purple and gold....
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Essays

D. E. Fulford: Creative Non-Fiction: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Missouri and transplanted to the...
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Essays

Kevin R. Allison: Creative Non-Fiction: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: A chance meeting after a war, a...
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Poetry

Christina Baumis: Poetry : Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Not a native but I have settled...
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Blog

Brian O’Hare wins 2021 Veterans Writing Award

Syracuse University Press announces that Brian O’Hare’s short story collection...
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Essays

James Roderick Burns: Creative Non-Fiction: Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Married to a woman from Ocilla, GA....
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Fiction

Ralph Sabelhaus: Fiction: Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up doing the same stupid...
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Essays

J. D. Brooks: Creative Non-Fiction: Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a 7th generation Georgian born in...
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Poetry

Rose Jenny: Poetry: Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: As a trans woman, I am happy...
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Poetry

Paul Jones: Poetry: Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Paul Jones was born in Hickory, NC....
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Poetry

Nathaniel Thames: Poetry: Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: We don’t say ‘I’m from the South’...
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Fiction

Andy Betz : Fiction: Nov 2021

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

R. A. Allen : Poetry: Nov 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: With the exception of four years in...
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