Andy Betz: How Many Dead People Does It Take to Drive in the HOV Lane? (February 2019)
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Missouri and now live (very, very)…
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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
"No good Southern fiction is complete without a dead mule." –Valerie MacEwan, 1996
Category: Fiction
Juan David Cruz Duarte : Superstitious (February 2019)
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Bogotá, Colombia. I have been living in South…
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Tom Sheehan: The Last of the Roses (February 2019)
My Southern Legitimacy Statement is that my work has appeared here before, and I have…
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Brandon Daily: Free Dance (February 2019)
Southern Legitimacy Statement: The South is a place where past meets present, where ghosts of…
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Tony Picardi: treason (February 2019)
This report was written by a particularly astute carpenter ant named Cindi camponotus. I let…
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Rhys Beleu: Larger Than Death (February 2019)
Southern Legitimacy Vital Statistics of Rhys Beleu Born: rural Texas Raised: Rich White Trash Religion:…
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Dan Leach : My Dad vs. Your Dad Jan. 2019
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I once moved to Nebraska. This after 28 years of legitimate southern…
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Karen Tardiff: Down By The River (Jan 2019)
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Dallas and raised in the Piney Woods of East Texas,…
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Stephen Hundley : Wake Up (Jan 2019)
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Stephen Hundley was raised on the Lincoln River, south of Savannah, Georgia….
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June Rogers: Sweet and Tart :: Dec. 2018
Southern Legitimacy Statement: East Texas food figures prominently in my memory of childhood where I lived…
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Jim Finley: Ned the Mule :: Dec. 2018
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and reared in Texas, but graduate schooled three years in Starkville, Mississippi,…
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Chris Espenshade : The Course of a Season (essay) Dec. 2018
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Relative to this piece, I have run throughout the Southeast, for North Forsyth…
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"No good Southern fiction is complete without a dead mule." –Valerie MacEwan, 1996