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Welcome to Brain Fertilizer, the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature’s podcast. The goal of this podcast is to celebrate the work of the creative folks who graciously contributed and continue to contribute to one of the longest-running online literary journals there is, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Each episode features original material by Southern writers with commentary and background via your host, Virginia Lee. Email: brain.fertilizer.podcast@gmail.com Support this p ...
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In the South, as anywhere, coping with the death of a loved one is different for everyone. Funerals, clearing out estates, and caring for the dying are necessary rituals that are unavoidable for most of us. Southern writers, like most writers, often find inspiration for fiction and memoirs in the passing of family members and that is why we decided…
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Elvis has entered the podcast! Okay, not Elvis, but memoirs involving Elvis. Deb Jellett and Gerri Almand are this episode's featured writers. Both take us back to their childhoods when Elvis was King, or about to be, and the impact he had on their lives. Such good writing, y'all, and highly entertaining, much like the man himself. This is only the…
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After a delay due to circumstances beyond our control, the second full episode of Brain Fertilizer is here for your listening pleasure. The theme, I Need a Vacation, is something pretty much everyone can relate to. The first memoir is by Amy Parker, a North Carolinian who wrote of events that occurred before she and her son embarked on a winter cru…
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Due to technical issues, the next full episode of Brain Fertilizer won't be out for another day. Therefore your host, Virginia Lee, got to nattering again. This time Lee goes full-on stream of consciousness about going to and being in Memphis during summertime visits to her maternal grandmother's. It was recorded before Lee had her mornin' coffee, …
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With all the current weirdness in the world, a little Christmas in July is more than likely appreciated. Therefore, for the premiere Brain Fertilizer podcast, we're having Christmas in July. We have writers from Alabama and Mississippi featured. Our Alabama writer, Sheree Shatsky, wrote of Divinity, a Southern confection most often found in Souther…
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Brain Fertilizer Bonus #1: Nattering about Marion Brown's Southern Cookbook
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It's a couple of days before the premiere of Brain Fertilizer's first official episode and Virginia Lee, the Voice of the Dead Mule and host of Brain Fertilizer, decided to look through her copy of Marion Brown's Southern Cookbook. You see, Ms. Lee's mother had an autographed copy of this cookbook and one of Lee's few regrets in life is losing trac…
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A brief intro to the Brain Fertilizer podcast and its host, Virginia Lee. The premiere of Brain Fertilizer is July 16, 2020. Y'all be sure to give us a listen! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brainfertilizer/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brainfertilizer/support…
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