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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

Rodney Barfield : Flash Fiction : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was ten years old when I...
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Fiction

Clinton Meyers : Fiction : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Clinton Myers is a native of Tracy...
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Fiction

Michael Gigandet: Fiction : March 2020

STATEMENT OF LEGITIMACY I still have not gotten over that...
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Fiction

Michele Davis: Flash Fiction: March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement:I believe that in a previous life I...
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Fiction

T. L. Sherwood: Flash Fiction : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My SLS is like a country song....
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Essays

Corinne O’Shaughnessy : Memoir/Essay : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Honestly, I don’t really have a Southern...
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Victoria Bond: Memoir/Essay : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: This work focuses on my relationship with...
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Fiction

Anthony Cornejo: Flash Fiction : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve known hidden creeks, deep fishing pools...
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Essays

Dorothy Neagle: Memoir : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Although I was born at home in...
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Poetry

Seth Grindstaff : Poetry : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My Pap was named after the family’s...
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Fiction

Richard Leise: Fiction : March 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m new to the south. I like...
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Fiction

Courtney Rose: Fiction : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement I grew up chasing off guinea fowls...
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Poetry

Donna Walker-Nixon : Poetry : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement Some writers question the right of Texans...
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Fiction

Suzanne Cottrell: Fiction : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended East Carolina U., Virginia Tech.,...
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Essays

Jenean McBrearty: Essay : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement:  Drive east from Southern California and you’ll...
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Fiction

Tyler Robert Sheldon : Fiction : February 2020

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT I’ve lived in Louisiana for a handful...
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