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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.
Essays

Howard Pearre: Memoir: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: You may be from around here if...
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Fiction

Elizabeth Spencer Spragins: Flash Fiction: Jan 2022

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: I went to college in Winston-Salem,...
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Poetry

James King: Poetry: Jan 2022

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised one block...
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James Ryer: Essay: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I frequently think about how the South...
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Trish Cantillon: Memoir: Dec 2021

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised in Southern California...
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Essays

Lauren Karcz: Memoir: Dec 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a lifelong Atlantan who’s been known...
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Fiction

David VanDevelder: Fiction: Dec. 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: We were a prototypical southern nuclear family....
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Fiction

Benjamin Abel: Fiction Part II, Dec 2021

As for my Southern Legitimacy, I was born in Southern...
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