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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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Tyler Robert Sheldon: Memoir : February 2021

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT I’ve lived in Louisiana for a handful...
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Poetry

Vincent Vecchio: Poetry : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: . I was born and raised for...
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Essays

Andy Fogle : Memoir : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Norfolk, Virginia and...
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Poetry

John Wojtowicz : Poetry : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My family is from Texarkana, Tx: my...
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Fiction

Deborah Dansante : Fiction : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My grandfather spent his twilight years drinking...
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Fiction

Dawn Corrigan : Fiction : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Dawn Corrigan lives in the Congressional district...
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Essays

Susan Weldon Scott: Memoir: February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Mobile, Ala., to...
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Essays

Braxton Younts: Memoir : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in North Carolina, weaned on beer...
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Fiction

Brian Cravens: Fiction: February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Illinois against my...
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Fiction

Timothy Dodd : Fiction : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and grew up in Mink Shoals,...
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Essays

Margaret Donovan Bauer : Memoir : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am originally from south Louisiana, where...
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Essays

Bethany Bruno: Memoir : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: … born and raised Floridian. The Final...
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Fiction

Elaine Thomas: Micro-Fiction : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am legitimately southern. Both sides of...
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Poetry

Andy Fogle : Poetry : February 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Norfolk, Virginia and...
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Fiction

Pete Peterson: Fiction: January 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Sunday mornings at our house it’s grits,...
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Essays

Brian O’Hare: Memoir : January 2021

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: Like some odd hybrid, I was...
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