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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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Poetry

Christopher Louvet: Poetry : August 2021

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Virginia though the important...
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Fiction

David VanDevelder: Fiction : August 2021

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

James Ryer: Fiction: August 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Have long been a fan of William...
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Poetry

David Lohrey: Poetry: August 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a Memphian, currently living just outside...
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Poetry

Chelsea Logan: Poetry: August 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am originally from Dickson, TN… yes...
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Poetry

Margo Davis: Poetry: August 2021

My Southern Legitimacy Philosophy: The minute I cross the Louisiana...
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Poetry

Jay Sizemore: Poetry: August 2021

Southern Legitimacy? I was born and raised in Kentucky, which...
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Poetry

Craig Kenworthy: Poetry : August 2021

Statement of Southern Legitimacy: My family came to North Carolina...
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Poetry

Elizabeth Warner : Poetry : August 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in West Virginia. Torn...
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Fiction

David Grubb: Fiction : August 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a bonafide southern fried hunting and...
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Essays

Therese Beale : Essay : August 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: After growing up in the Old Dominion,...
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Essays

Anthony Picardi : Essay : August 2021

My southern legitimacy Statement: I moved to a small farm...
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Fiction

Carolanne Walden Boothe : Flash fiction: August 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: … grew up between the poor cotton...
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Fiction

Dave Nelson: Fiction: July 2021

Here’s my Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in the...
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Fiction

Marisella Veiga: Fiction: July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I trust you consider South Florida, where...
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