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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.
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Pat Healy :The Other One : January 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a southern girl who was born...
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January 2020 is slow but it’s coming!

The first of the year kinda’ sprung up on us....
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Fiction

Stephanie Duncan : Empathy : January 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am from southeastern Kentucky, the land...
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Essays

Cordellya Smith : Hearts and Kitchens : January 2020

My Southern Legitimacy Statement follows: I was born and raised...
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Essays

Rachael Chatham : The Paradox of Acceptance/A Mother’s Day Miracle : January 2020

My Southern Legitimacy Statement: Called to the Blue Ridge Mountains...
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Poetry

Tyler Robert Sheldon : Poetry : December 2019

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

Tom Sheehan : Dared Dream : Flash Fiction : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have been in your magazine, have...
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Fiction

Andrew Hamilton : Holy Water : Flash Fiction : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: For years I lived off barbecue ribs...
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Fiction

Andy Spain : Off Me, I Said Get : Flash Fiction : December 2019

Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. Only wore shoes if...
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Fiction

Matt Naylor : The Box : Flash Fiction : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Tennessee, raised in Kentucky, live...
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Essays

Bruce La Rue: Lonesome Dove Hunter : Essay/Memoir : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Salisbury, NC, I moved quite...
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Poetry

Robert Funderburk : Poetry : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born by coal oil lamplight...
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Fiction

E. G. Fate : Car Thief’s Redemption : Flash Fiction : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: E. G. Fate is the penname of...
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Fiction

Robert Gwaltney: Ash : Fiction : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: A good piece back, I was Drum Major...
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Fiction

Catherine Wright : Homecoming : Flash Fiction : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Being from West Virginia, I am from...
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Fiction

Rhys Beleu : Uncle Dwayne’s Luger : Fiction : December 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: * here’s how they talk in Somewhere,...
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