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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 4, Number 2, Fall 2002Table of Contents
- Fire Season
- pp. 1-13
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0032
- Lost in Dogtown
- pp. 26-42
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0121
- Girlfriends Solid as Rock
- pp. 43-53
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0165
- The Dark Room
- pp. 54-61
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0209
- On Migraines
- pp. 62-65
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0252
- The Enormous Phone Call
- pp. 66-74
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0014
- The Day You Stop Being a Cat
- pp. 85-86
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0104
- Positive
- pp. 87-107
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0148
- Body Mechanics
- pp. 108-121
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0192
- There Is No Right Word
- pp. 122-134
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0236
- Place
- pp. 144-145
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0042
- Mao Dun
- pp. 146-155
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0087
- Seeing Arrowhead, Seeing Flint
- pp. 156-168
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0131
- "Just What the Muscles Grope For"
- pp. 169-173
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0175
- Grand Trunk Station
- pp. 174-176
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0219
- Roundtable: Place in Nonfiction
- pp. 177-202
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0262
- Embalming Mom: Essays in Life (review)
- pp. 203-205
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0024
- Distance and Direction (review)
- pp. 208-210
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0113
- Gaslight (review)
- pp. 210-211
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0157
- Limbo: A Memoir (review)
- pp. 214-217
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0244
- My Twice-Lived Life (review)
- pp. 217-220
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0005
- 25 Favorite Contemporary Memoirs
- pp. 227-229
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0139
- Editor's Notes
- pp. v-vi
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0270
- About the Contributors
- pp. 230-235
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2013.0183
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