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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

C. C. Evans :: Gladys’s Girls ::

C. C. Evans is a Southern-based educator who grew up...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Margaret Donovan Bauer :: Ted’s Push ::

Southern legitimacy statement: As I tell my students, I am...
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Poetry

Landon Whitley :: Three Poems ::

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATMENT: Landon Whitley was born in North Carolina...
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Poetry

P S Bryant :: Three Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in Florence, SC, right...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Jeremiah Stricklin :: Pretty Boy ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My mom used to tell me that’s...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis :: Blank Tile with Tree ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I reside south of Canada. I have...
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Fiction

Jim R. Rogers :: Imprint ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: “Here lately, it appears that nobody cares...
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Poetry

Carl Harris :: Three Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement:I am a queer black southern writer who...
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Flash Fiction

Carol Flythe :: Them ::

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

Brent Cronin :: Anyone but Annie ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I currently live in West Virginia, which...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Richard Cutler :: The Squirrels Eat My Roof in January ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The Pamlico River divides Beaufort County in...
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Flash Fiction

George Uriah :: Katrina, Darling ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I moved from Nairobi to Nashville right...
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Flash Fiction

James M. Maskell :: Henry ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’ve spent my life in an area...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Terry Ann Thaxton :: The Doll in the Mirror ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement Fifth generation Floridian. So far south, I...
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Flash Fiction

Hope Coulter :: Spot He ::

I was born in New Orleans—long story, but as a...
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Poetry

Jack J. B. Hutchens :: Rodeo | How to Rope a Cow | The Last Friday Night ::

As far as a Southern Legitimacy Statement, I’m not sure...
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