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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

Kim Welliver : Poetry : January 2021

My Southern Legitimacy Statement : My parents began our family...
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Essays

Storey Clayton: Creative Non-Fiction: January 2021

Here’s my Southern Legitimacy Statement: I lived and worked in...
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Essays

Michele Davis: Essay : January 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have almost always lived in the...
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Poetry

Steven Croft: Poetry : January 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Valdosta, Georgia. My...
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Essays

Amanda Pugh: Memoir : January 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am as Southern as grits, biscuits,...
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Fiction

John Mason: Flash Fiction: January 2021

I have a Master of Arts in Teaching from Lee...
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Fiction

Martha Payne: Fiction: January 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, I am...
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Fiction

Heath Dollar : Fiction : January 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My grandfather gave me my first chew...
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Essays

Joseph Leverette: Memoir : January 2021

I know what it feels like to walk barefooted behind...
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Blog

2020. Moving On.

Southern Legitimacy Statement: We’re so southern, we visit family and...
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Blog

A Couple or Three Books by Mule Alumni

Why do we read? Neil Gaiman says we read fiction...
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Fiction

James Ryer: Fiction: Dec 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and have lived in...
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Essays

Anna Oberg: Creative Non-Fiction: Dec 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and lived twenty years...
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Fiction

Curtis Miller: Fiction : Dec 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m Southern California, born and raised, (learned...
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Fiction

Kevin Grauke: Fiction: Dec 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and bred in Texas. If you...
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Essays

CL Prater: Creative Non-Fiction: Dec 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in south-central South Dakota....
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