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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
Blog

Due to circumstances beyond my control…

… the May Mule publication schedule is pushed back to...
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Blog

Danny Lee Ingram : Grammar Nudge #2

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Rome, GA, and...
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Blog

Danny Lee Ingram: GRAMMAR NUDGE #1

I was born in Rome, GA, and raised in Trion,...
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Fiction

David VanDevelder : Althea Reigns in Shangry Lah : Long Read Fiction : April 2019

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

Guinotte Wise : Chicago Bankroll and two more : Flash Fiction : April 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I said comic books when I moved...
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Fiction

Bruce McDougall : Night Time in Newfoundland : fiction : April 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: If you hold your fingers over the...
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Fiction

Elizabeth Bruce : The Bell : fiction : April 2019

Here’s my Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born on the Gulf Coast...
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Poetry

Dan Leach : Strays and For Light : Poetry : April 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I once moved to Nebraska. This after...
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Fiction

John M. Daniel : A Dog Wants Simple Things :

Here’s my Southern Legitimacy Statement: At my school you could...
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Fiction

Rich Glinnen : Walleyed : Flash Fiction : April 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement : Only a snow-starched Canadian would consider...
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Essays

David VanDevelder : Buster’s Last Load : Memoir : April 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: We were a prototypical southern nuclear family....
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Rhys Beleu: Walmartians and Assholebergers : Fiction : April 2019

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

Photographs in the April 2019 issue

Photos this month feature the work of W Goodwin.* W...
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Essays

Tom Sheehan : Decision Borne by April Water : Memoir : April 2019

My Southern Legitimacy statement says I have been printed in...
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Fiction

Anastasia Jill : Ducks at Night : Fiction : April 2019

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT: My family moved from San Fransisco California...
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Fiction

Steven Levi : The Buxton Bootlegger and the Shad Man : Fiction : April 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I come from Alaska and I married...
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