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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

John Mason: Flash Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: …[A]nd to further cement my southern roots,...
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Essays

Karen Curran : Memoir: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My parents grew up West Virginia hillbillies,...
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Poetry

Barbara Conrad: Poetry: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am so Southern I capitalize it....
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Fiction

Richard George: Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended Tulane University and lived and...
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Essays

Danielle Dayney: Memoir: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement : Southern Legitimacy Statement: Though born and...
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Poetry

David Lohrey: Poetry: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am originally from Memphis, Tennessee where...
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Fiction

Gary Bolick: Flash Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Native of NC. Currently reside in Clemmons,...
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Poetry

Jeffrey Perchuk: Poetry: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am probably one of the few...
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Poetry

Jury S. Judge: Poetry: May 2021

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

Wortley Clutterbuck: Poetry: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I live in Charlottesville Virginia. Today is...
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Essays

Carter Boucher: Creative Non-Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Like many southerners, my mother grew up...
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Fiction

Cahil Murchison : Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Texas is considered “the south,” right? I...
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Poetry

Sarah Hernandez: Poetry: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born near the swamp of...
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Essays

Tim Harris: Creative Non-Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement I’m in the north of Feria, a...
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Poetry

Michael Blankenship: Poetry: April 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: For ten generations now my ancestors have...
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Essays

Deborah-Zenha Adams: Memoir: April 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My people settled the Territory South of...
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