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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.
Poetry

Chad W. Lutz : Poetry : July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Hope all is well. I’m writing to...
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Poetry

Therese Beale: Poetry: July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I left Virginia more than 30 years...
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Fiction

Jim Muyres: Fiction: July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I used to read a lot. I...
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Fiction

Edward Michael Supranowicz : Fiction : July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I like the soft, lazy, sweet summer...
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Essays

Amanda Alley: Memoir :July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Florida but travelled...
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Fiction

Erica Plouffe Lazure : Fiction : July 2021

Southern Statement: I am not a native Southerner, but I...
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Poetry

Lisa Taylor: Poetry: July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born north of the Mason-Dixon...
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Fiction

Marty Liston: Fiction: July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My later years bring me full-circle, back...
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Fiction

Anthony Picardi: Fiction: July 2021

My Southern Legitimacy Statement I moved to a small farm...
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Fiction

Tom Walsh: Fiction: July 2021

Southern legitimacy statement: I remember being 10-years old and sneaking...
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Fiction

Coleman Bigelow : Fiction : July 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up on a farm in...
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Fiction

Dennis Smith: Fiction : Now

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended public schools in Selma (AL),...
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Poetry

Renee Nicholson: Poetry: June 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I live a little over eight miles...
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Poetry

William Heath: Poetry: June 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I lived in Kentucky in the 1970s...
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Fiction

Susan Robbins: Fiction: June 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I live in a rural Virginia county...
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Poetry

Raymond Byrnes: Poetry: June 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have lived in Virginia for nearly...
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