Patrick Walsh
Southern Legitimacy Statement
WHY SOUTHERN…..My mule……though it may have been a non-breeding donkey..
died when I was 12…….we didn’t bury him for weeks…..I was heartbroken until my buddy Mike Flynn loaned me a bootleg tape of L Skynrd[that cured me].

I’m from Cork in the south of Ireland…..our hurling team[yes hurling] who are the 2004 All -Ireland Champions are known as” the rebels”.

The River Lee [ not called after Robert.E ] runs through our city.

One of the Union generals was born near here in a place called Farren.

My uncle^s daughter who married Flaherty is rumoured to be lost somewhere in the Southern[US]….if anyone knows her[about 70 yrs] or her kin…write me…..

And lastly I still love my long dead grandma……all right….

Ramon Collins
Southern Legitimacy Statement
Ramon’s already been in the Mule, and he lives in “southern” Nevada even though his heart’s down South.

Memphis Saltos
Southern Legitimacy Statement
I eat Poboys.

Larry D. Harwood
Southern Legitimacy Statement
I grew up in rural piedmont North Carolina, and only found out as an adult the history of my family. Over a dozen of my ancestors had fought for the Confederacy in the Civil Way, after they worked their way down from Tidewater Virginia during the 1700’s. To me to be southern is to be a storyteller, with tales that may appear as tall tales to those in other regions of the country. To be southern is to be proud, in the good sense, and fearless, in the sense of being feared. And yet southerners are gentle people, the kind of people who are neighborly, and respectful of others. I am still proud of being a southerner after almost two decades outside the south.

Cool off with some sublime fiction.