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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.
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Well, to be honest, I’ve had it with GoDaddy. The...
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Fiction

Cecile Dixon: Barlow

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was jerked up by my hair,...
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Essays

Jonathan Odell: The Language of Home

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

David Stafford: Shoes

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Just doodling ’round during the pandemic and...
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Poetry

Jessica Weyer Bentley: Revival

Southern Legitimacy Statement: As with all volunteer vegetation, I was...
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Poetry

Kent Reichert: Requiem: For Those He Left Behind

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Los Angeles, CA and Belews Creek, NC...
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Poetry

Carol Parris Krauss: Poem

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born from two western NC...
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Essays

James Rhine: Essay

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Having grown up in the Bible belt...
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Poetry

Jerry Hogan: Poetry

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m from Fayetteville, in Northwest Arkansas. Geographically,...
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