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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

Joyce H. Munro :: Cake ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born: Maryland. Schooled: South Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania,...
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Flash Fiction

Fiora Mecale :: Lost Lines ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The South is the smell of my...
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Fiction

David VanDevelder :: A Common Courtesy ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I come from a family with deep...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Britney Clark :: I Understand You Now ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I come from such a small town...
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Flash Fiction

Terri Miller :: Heirloom Hope ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve lived in Alabama all my life....
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Sarah Lewis :: “Holler if you need me” ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Atlanta, raised in North Carolina,...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Frances Scott :: It Was All Terribly Unfair ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Isabel Hill :: Just Sit There and Look Pretty ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised Southern, I started moving...
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Flash Fiction

Matt Bender :: Antiheroes From Descending Perspectives at a Party ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the swamps of...
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