The Dead Mule Blog
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The Dead Mule blog is an informative online blog that features a variety of essays, fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. You'll find stories that transport you to different worlds and touch your heart. The blog supports both established and new writers, creating a friendly community.
The Dead Mule Blog
3w ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am a grits, sweet tea, and collards enthusiast. I have a recipe for each that I make myself regularly. *ya’ll need to read this essay.. Life, Legacy, Fractured Spines, and the Power of Now April 13, 2008. I was two weeks removed from my 14th birthday, meandering about my hometown with ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
3w ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am not a Southerner. My husband is. Was. I stole his heart and lured him to Manhattan. But he never gave up his roots, thank god. Sadly, he died far too young (at the age of 51) of alcoholism. A story for another day. He was a tech geek, a self-taught ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
3w ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: My submissions are sent to you with a promise of Southern Legitimacy, as I was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (birthplace of the atomic bomb) and continue to capture and pen down just a few of the ghosts that seem to lurk around Knoxville still. North Carolina has converted me, somewhat reluctantly ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
3w ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended high school in a small community in North Carolina where our track team consisted of six members, and my friend and I had to convince the coach to let us girls on the team. We all rode to track meets in his red and black Pontiac LeMans, Coach and the ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
1M ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: I attended Tulane University and lived and worked in New Orleans upon completion of my studies. From an apartment by the Fairgrounds, in the middle 1990s, I published the avant-garde literary magazine, Mystery Itch. Mentally, I never left the city. Poetry I. “The Whip” I had a dream that I was in ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
1M ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Despite being born and raised on the coast, I felt most at home among the art deco buildings of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. I’ve participated in a number of debates about whether Oklahoma is in the South or the Midwest. My partner, a native South Carolinian, delights in correcting my misconceptions of the ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
1M ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Spent my entire life living in a town being constantly expanded upon where I can’t remember ever being a time where a highway wasn’t being constructed over my house or a night sleep without the muffler of an ATV waking me up. But I can remember nights of High School football where ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
1M ago
There will undoubtedly be a learning curve here. Exporting a 28 year old website could produce a few problems. Please bear with us as we change ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
1M ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Native to Virginia and long-resident in Georgia, I’m as Southern as Southern can be. (Let’s not talk about the seven-year stretch in New Jersey.) A prominent Mid-Western poet once told me during a workshop, “I could listen to you read the phone book.” Undertaking The kayaker sets out to find what hesaw ..read more
The Dead Mule Blog
1M ago
Southern Legitimacy Statement: Though my parents met in their home state of Ohio, they settled in Tallahassee, Florida to start their family. I was born in Tallahassee and lived there till I was 18. I then studied at the University of Georgia before moving to Ohio to be close to extended family. My other southern ..read more