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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
Fiction

Daun Daemon: Fiction

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the North Carolina...
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Essays

James Ryer: Essay

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The South is comprised of mesmerizing layers...
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Fiction

Kenneth Sutton: Fiction: June 2022

Southern Literacy Statement: My friend Sam told if I’m tellin...
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Essays

Jonathan Odell: Memoir:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised a white guy in...
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Essays

Roger Howell: Memoir:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Being of Southern rootage, the past crawls...
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Poetry

B. Lynn Zika: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: As a child I took comfort in...
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Essays

Andy Betz: Memoir:

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

Byron Hoot: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised in West Virginia now...
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Poetry

B. Lynne Zika: Poetry:

Southern legitimacy statement: Chub Petersen’s mama didn’t teach him the...
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