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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.
Essays

Andy Betz: Mimi : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Missouri...
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Marilena Zackheos : Poetry : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in the south; the...
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Fiction

Alex Leigh Jones : The Life and Death of an Adventure : August 2019

Southern Literacy Statement: I was born in Ohio, but I...
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Fiction

Susan Robbins: Seventy-five MPH : flash : August 2019

Southern Legitmacy Statement: I live where I grew up, (across...
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Fiction

Jami Kimbrell : Milkweed : Flash : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am one of the 54 grandchildren...
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Poetry

Sophie Ezzell : Poetry : August 2019

My Southern Legitimacy Statement follows: My mother had me in...
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Poetry

Thomas Osatchoff : Down Here in the Coal Mine : Poetry : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am not born and bred but...
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Poetry

Jeff Binkley : The Writer’s Poem : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Jeff is a musician, educator, and author...
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Fiction

Sarah Everett : Supermarket Mayhem : Flash Fiction : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in the...
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Essays

Will Mullins: A Brief Memoir of an East Coast Entrepreneur: How Past Endeavors Inform Future Business Dreams : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the southwestern corner...
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Fiction

Bruce Naccari : Chene Fou, Near a Crossroads : Fiction : August 2019

My Southern legitimacy lies in being a native and lifelong...
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Poetry

John Dorroh : Asparagus Tales : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: John Dorroh’s Irish ancestors reached the shores...
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Fiction

Sharon Wishnow: An Article of Lost Faith : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Last year when Fairfax High school had...
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Fiction

Sharon Willdin: L’appel du Vide : Fiction : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The story was inspired by a woman...
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Fiction

Reese Belew : Walmartians and Assholebergers : fiction: August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The South is a complex kaleidoscope of...
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Poetry

Terrence Sykes : Poetry : August 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I fear that my complete listing of...
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