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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

Michael Gray :: The Floor ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in southwest Kentucky near...
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Flash Fiction

Cerastes :: The Highest a Southerner Can Get ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was technically born south of New...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Taylor Shenk :: Everybody Knows Tina ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The South is the only place where...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Kenneth Parsons :: Leo Kotke Turns 80 ::

Leo Kottke plays slide guitar and uses open tunings (chordal...
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Flash Fiction

Neha Agarwal :: Split ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Heat that bears down like warm inland...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Mary Sturgill :: On Becoming an Orphan ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Mary Sturgill bleeds Carolina blue. Though her...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Blair Kinsey :: My Friend, the Doorstop ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: … born and raised in Austin, Texas....
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Flash Fiction

Jordan Hoban :: An Honest Life ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: [NC resident] for 32 years. From a...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

C. Christine Fair :: The Railroad Tracks ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have lived in Virginia since 2004....
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsWoodside High School

Iysis Ray :: Bodega Boys ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in The Bronx Hospital,...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsWoodside High School

Myasia Morris :: Fourth of July ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The south means family to me. Manning,...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsWoodside High School

Matt Cook :: Best Late Night Adventure ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a student athlete. This story...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsWoodside High School

Sarah Parkinson :: Stupid. Dumb. Emotions. ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have no true origin, I can...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsWoodside High School

Kaiya Parkinson :: Torgi the Corgi ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: As someone who grew up in the...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsWoodside High School

Ghelka Ibarra :: When the Light Fades ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in southeastern Virginia, where...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsWoodside High School

Chloe Aquino :: We Never Really Know Ourselves Until We’re Raw ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: What’s southern to me is something I...
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