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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

Douglas Borer: Fiction : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement On my dad’s side of the family,...
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Essays

Shawna Green : Memoir : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m an Appalachian woman, born and bred....
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Essays

Martha Branson : Memoir : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in rural North Carolina....
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Fiction

Matt Stephenson : Fiction : Oct 2020

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

James Ryer : Poetry : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: There’s more to the South than culture,...
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Essays

Scott Piner : Essay : Oct 2020

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT: I grew up crossing the Mississippi River...
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Fiction

Candice Kelsey : Fiction : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up miles from Kentucky, spent...
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Fiction

Rodney Barfield : Fiction : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: There used to be preachers along the...
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Essays

Robert Plumlee : Memoir : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I had two mules by the time...
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Fiction

Sandra Cimadori : Flash Fiction : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I ate grits for the first time...
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Fiction

Nicholas Manai : Fiction : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in the North, live...
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Fiction

Jason Wallace : Flash Fiction : Oct 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Hong Kong (it’s...
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Poetry

Chris Espenshade: Honesty of the Harley Rider : Now 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: In keeping with the theme of this...
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Poetry

Craig Kittner: Poetry : September 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: We moved to North Carolina when I...
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Essays

Kevin Brown : Memoir : September 2020

And here is my Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born...
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Essays

Layne Radlauer : Essay : September 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a Gulf-Coast Southerner, through and...
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