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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

Sheila Arnold: Fiction: Dec 2020

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT When we unexpectedly showed up at Grandma’s...
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Poetry

Gail Peck: Poetry: Dec 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: When we think of the south, those...
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Poetry

James Ryer : Poetry : Dec 2020

My SLS varies with my mood and the moon. Sometimes...
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Fiction

Sheila Arnold : Fiction : Nov 2020

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT When we unexpectedly showed up at Grandma’s...
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Essays

Philip Arnold: Essay : Nov 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was raised in the foothills of...
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Fiction

Elisabetta La Cava : Fiction : Nov 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a double immigrant from Italy...
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Essays

Nicole Yurcaba : Essay : Nov 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Nicole Yurcaba is a Ukrainian-American poet and...
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Essays

Lindsay Brown : Essay : Nov 2020

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Dear editors at The Dead Mule, Have...
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Fiction

Claire Massey : Flash Fiction : Nov 2020

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT: Mississippi birthed me skinny, Louisiana fattened me...
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