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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.
Fiction

Brandon Daily: Free Dance (February 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The South is a place where past...
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Fiction

Tony Picardi: treason (February 2019)

This report was written by a particularly astute carpenter ant...
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Poetry

Stephen Hundley: Three Poems February 2019

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Stephen Hundley was raised on the Lincoln...
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Essays

Chen Du: Catch the Train (February 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Yes, I lived so close to where...
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Poetry

Reid Mitchell: LOUIS ARMSTRONG ORDERS THE 101th AIRBORNE (February 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: “Georgia and Louisiana–specifically New Orleans which the...
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Essays

Vivian Wagner: Appalachian Edge (February 2019)

Here’s my Southern Legitimacy Statement: I live in southeastern Ohio....
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Fiction

Rhys Beleu: Larger Than Death (February 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Vital Statistics of Rhys Beleu Born: rural Texas...
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Poetry

Andy Betz (Jan 2019)

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

Dan Leach : My Dad vs. Your Dad Jan. 2019

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

Norvin Dickerson : Three Poems Jan. 2019

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT I was conceived on a houseboat on...
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Fiction

Karen Tardiff: Down By The River (Jan 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement:  Born in Dallas and raised in the...
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Fiction

Stephen Hundley : Wake Up (Jan 2019)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Stephen Hundley was raised on the Lincoln...
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Blog

Reviewing the Mule

We’re starting out 2019 early with a new format style...
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Poetry

Greg Stidham (Dec. 2018)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Dear Ms. MacEwan, I should not feel the...
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Fiction

June Rogers: Sweet and Tart :: Dec. 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: East Texas food figures prominently in my memory...
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Fiction

Jim Finley: Ned the Mule :: Dec. 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and reared in Texas, but graduate schooled...
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