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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.
Poetry

S. Preston Duncan: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve spent my life in Virginia, where...
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Poetry

Marjorie Gowdy: Poetry:

Southern Legitimacy Statement Or, I’ll Carry Myself Back Reared on...
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EssaysPoetry

John Dorroh: Memoir: May 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in LaRochelle, France, to...
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Essays

Mitzi Dorton: Essay: May 2022

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: We’ll stop right up here in...
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Fiction

Bradley Sides: Fiction: May 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Those memories in the creek and at...
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Fiction

Neil Bearden: Fiction: May 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born...
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Fiction

Lukas Tallent: Fiction: May 2022

Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in no where,...
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Essays

Nwenna Kai: Essay: May 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: By way of Africa, my people come...
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Poetry

Victoria R. A. Nicholls: Poetry: April 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My whole life I never knew that...
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