CL Bledsoe: Feeding the Fish

Another in our Series of Memoirs by Mule editor CL Bledsoe. Read on, my mule readers … read on. Feeding … More

Tom Sheehan: The Day I Grew Up

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have appeared in your publication, spent a recent vacation in NC, read in NC, worked in Tennessee … More

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in San Antonio, Texas. Eve’s poetry can be found here on the Dead Mule. Don’t … More

Another in our bi-weekly Series of Memoirs from Mule editor CL Bledsoe. His southern bona fides run deep, just read … More

Southern Legitimacy Statement: CL Bledsoe grew up on a rice, cattle, and catfish farm in eastern Arkansas. He had a … More

Southern Legitimacy Statement: As a child I remember two bumper stickers that screamed out the following: “If your heart isn’t in … More

Southern Legitimacy Statement I come from Memphis. I claim ownership to her nuances, which I wear like a badge of … More

The Dead Mule speaks in many voices. Mule Essays lead the mind into myriad swamps of distant memories or new … More

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and have lived the entirety of my life in Searcy, Arkansas. I believe in … More

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I reckon my statement should include things I take for granted even as I attempt to ignore … More