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Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction is devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction. The title reflects the intention to give nonfiction its due as a literary genre to give writers of the fourth genre a showcase for their work and to give readers a place to find the liveliest and most creative works in the form. To reflect the genre's flexibility and expansiveness, the journal includes works ranging from personal essays and memoirs to literary journalism and personal criticism.
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Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2017Table of Contents
Editor's Note
- Surviving
- pp. v-vii
Winner, 2016 Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize
- Powder House
- pp. 1-13
Essays
- Terminus
- pp. 15-27
- blk girls x-ing
- pp. 29-35
- Otolith
- pp. 37-47
- Before Green
- pp. 49-51
- This One Long Winter
- pp. 69-86
- My Undoing
- pp. 87-109
- Hotdog Curry
- pp. 111-119
- Paper Nests
- pp. 121-123
- Earthbound
- pp. 125-133
- Just a Teardown Anyway
- pp. 135-147
- The Skin Changes Quickly
- pp. 149-162
Essay and Commentary
- Return to the Typewriter
- pp. 163-174
Writer as Reader
- Safekeeping
- pp. 181-188
Review Essays
- Inter-Review
- pp. 189-201
- The Life-Affirming Essay
- pp. 203-208
- Sacred Viewing
- pp. 209-212
- Lifeboat
- pp. 213-218
- About the Contributors
- pp. 219-223
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