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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
Fiction

Cahil Murchison : Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Texas is considered “the south,” right? I...
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Poetry

Sarah Hernandez: Poetry: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born near the swamp of...
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Essays

Tim Harris: Creative Non-Fiction: May 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement I’m in the north of Feria, a...
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Poetry

Michael Blankenship: Poetry: April 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: For ten generations now my ancestors have...
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Essays

Deborah-Zenha Adams: Memoir: April 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My people settled the Territory South of...
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Poetry

Parker Logan: Poetry: April 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Though the son of a Wedding DJ...
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Fiction

Juan Cruz: Fiction: April 2021

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

Gaylynne Robinson: Flash Fiction: April 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: It’s the language around me that reminds...
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Essays

Lisa Taylor: Creative Non-Fiction: April 2021

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born north of the Mason-Dixon...
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