The number of poetry submissions at the Mule is rising. We have filled the March and April issues, made plans for May, and are working on accepting poems for the June issue. Truth is, we will still have poems for July from those already submitted. So, while we are NOT closing submissions, we will say, [...]

An interesting blog post to consider.

Working on the post-holiday updates of the Mule… the database updates we mean.

The Dead Mule is proud to announce our nominations for Best of the Net. Congratulations to these fine poets and writers.

Use the “search” page to find what you need… archived information is available, it just might not be readily apparent.

“The Last Stopping Off Place is the final story in Nellie’s life and is told from quirky Bea Weehunt’s—the readers will remember her from Mr. Snake Gets Religion—point of view. When I wrote this story I thought it was over. I thought, okay that’s the end of Black Mountain. Now I move on somehow.”
–Ann Hite

Postcards and spider webs

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Ann Hite
Southern Statement
I’m a good old girl, who knows how to act like a good southern lady, but don’t fool yourself my mama taught me how to get my way.

Am I southern because I was born and raised in Wilton and Montevallo, Alabama? Am I southern even though I do not reside anywhere, as they like to say in the south, but am incarcerated on Alabama’s death row at Holman prison?

Does being sent out as a child by my sisters and other pregnant women in my neighborhood in search of a certain quality of dirt and then to the store to buy them boxes of starch to be enjoyed like candy on the porch in the evening qualify me? And what about my also acquiring a taste for the stuff? Almost as delicious as honeysuckle!

I think I know that I am southern when I remember growing up in a small town and hearing some folks referred to as negras. I often wondered who they could be talking about. It could not be me, after all I knew I was black. Ah well….you tell me!

Freecycle is wonderful and Doug Marlette is talented… read all about it.

For access to archives for this issue, use “archives” link at bottom of each page. For 1998-2005, see the page linked to this excerpt. 2007 archives will eventually include all the Mules … and don’t forget to read the rest of the MuleBlog entries.

Thanks be to Mule writers and a hint of what I’m about to publish on the Dead Mule this morning.