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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

Gerri Almand : Fiction : February 2020

Southern Literary Statement: I was born in South Georgia and...
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Fiction

Adrienne Burris: Fiction : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Adrienne Burris grew up in the purple shag-carpeted...
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Essays

Abigail Carl-Klassen : Essay/Memoir : February 2020

I am a professional dirt bag and failed Independent Fundamentalist...
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Poetry

Brittany J. Barron: Poetry : February 2020

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

Heath Bowen : Poetry : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: crawl of the Mississippi Delta, Heath has...
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Fiction

Mark Currey : Fiction : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Mark Currey is a singer-songwriter whose roots...
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Fiction

Marie Henry : Fiction : February 2020

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: My Southern Legitimacy starts with the...
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Poetry

John Rickmon : Three Poems from North Florida : Poetry: February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised south of...
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Fiction

Sheree Shatsky: Fiction : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m so Southern, my Ancestry profile predicted...
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Fiction

Deborah Heinold : Fiction : February 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m full up with Southern. Grew up...
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Poetry

Corbin Louis : Poetry : January 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was drawn to Dead Mule for...
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Essays

David Sofi : Sherman’s Sentinel : January 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Get used to the fact that when...
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Poetry

Gerard Sarnat : Lunacy : January 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Gerry who’s worked as a healthcare consultant...
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Essays

Lazarus Trubman : The Healing Air of Freedom : January 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My momma and papa, both teachers, brought...
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Essays

T. Jeremy Smith : Blonde, Hot, and Blind : January 2020

Southern legitimacy statement T. Jeremy Smith grew up on a...
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Poetry

Stuart Gunter : Poetry : January 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Richmond, Virginia. I...
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