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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.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
Fiction

John Riley: The Loon and two more : Flash Fiction : April 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement When I finally big enough to work...
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BlogFiction

Rodney Barfield : Drunk Underwood :: fiction :: March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was raised in a mill village...
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Blog

March 2019 photo notes

The photographs used in this month’s Mule are from the...
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Essays

Cortney Cameron: Filly : Memoir : March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Since my last Dead Mule submission, I’ve...
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Fiction

John Conaway: Palace of God : Fiction : March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Heck, eighteen years in Charleston, eighteen more...
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Fiction

Roberta Beary: Love Me Tender Coming Right Up : Fiction : March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Ever since my mother died in North...
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Fiction

Steven Levi : The Buxton Bootlegger and The Shad Man : Fiction : March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a Buxton landowner living in...
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Poetry

Gale Acuff : Poor Soul, Marriage : Poetry : March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Atlanta, Georgia(1956), and...
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Essays

Julie Whitehead: Above My Raising :: essay March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in the hill country of northeast...
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Fiction

Tom Sheehan: A Prairie Christmas Wish :: fiction March 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have been published in North and South...
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Fiction

Tony Picardi: a short history of wee-too :: fiction (March 2019)

My Southern Legitimacy Statement I moved to a small farm...
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Interviews / Books / Music

Tim Bullard: Grayson Hugh :: a review (Feb 2019)

Take a swallow. Breathe in a deep gulp of air....
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Fiction

Andy Betz: How Many Dead People Does It Take to Drive in the HOV Lane? (February 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Missouri...
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Fiction

Juan David Cruz Duarte : Superstitious (February 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Bogotá, Colombia. I...
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Essays

Barbara McLay: Kneadful Things (February 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Florida and...
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Fiction

Tom Sheehan: The Last of the Roses (February 2019)

My Southern Legitimacy Statement is that my work has appeared...
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