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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.
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Michele Davis: Memoir: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have almost always lived in the...
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Jennifer Sapio: Creative Non-Fiction: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: You’ll know I’m from the South when...
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Poetry

Grey Held: Poetry: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the capital of...
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KD Smith: Creative Non-Fiction: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: “Stop bein’ ugly or I’ll paint your...
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Shelia Arnold: Memoir: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve lived in West Tennessee all of...
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Matthew Stokes: Memoir: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My first cousin initially said it and...
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Howard Pearre: Memoir: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: You may be from around here if...
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Fiction

Elizabeth Spencer Spragins: Flash Fiction: Jan 2022

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: I went to college in Winston-Salem,...
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Poetry

James King: Poetry: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised one block...
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James Ryer: Essay: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I frequently think about how the South...
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Trish Cantillon: Memoir: Dec 2021

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised in Southern California...
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Lauren Karcz: Memoir: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a lifelong Atlantan who’s been known...
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Fiction

David VanDevelder: Fiction: Dec. 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: We were a prototypical southern nuclear family....
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Fiction

Benjamin Abel: Fiction Part II, Dec 2021

As for my Southern Legitimacy, I was born in Southern...
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Fiction

Benjamin Abel: Fiction, Part I: Dec 2021

As for my Southern Legitimacy, I was born in Southern...
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