In this Issue
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 13, Number 2, Fall 2011Table of Contents
- Deebs
- pp. 1-8
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0038
- Reliance
- pp. 17-21
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0046
- Unfunny
- pp. 23-29
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0025
- Boy Eats World
- pp. 31-35
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0029
- Moment, momentous, momentum
- pp. 37-39
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0033
- Eating the Green Monkey
- pp. 41-46
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0037
- On Beauty and Distance
- pp. 47-64
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0041
- In the Unlikely Event
- pp. 65-67
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0044
- Woman inside the Window
- pp. 69-72
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0047
- What Happens to Our Idols
- pp. 73-76
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0026
- Bush
- pp. 77-84
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0031
- Writing “Bush”
- pp. 85-88
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0035
- Interview with Lia Purpura
- pp. 89-101
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0049
- “Knoxville: Summer, 1915”
- pp. 103-108
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0039
- Signs in Nature
- pp. 109-114
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0043
- Grounding the Lyric Essay
- pp. 115-121
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0028
- Just Kids, and; Life (review)
- pp. 123-126
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0032
- If You Knew Then What I Know Now (review)
- pp. 127-129
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0036
- I Just Lately Started Buying Wings (review)
- pp. 131-133
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0040
- Editor’s Note
- pp. ix-x
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0034
- About the Contributors
- pp. 147-150
- DOI: 10.1353/fge.2011.0030