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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Michigan State University Pressviewing issue
Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2015Table of Contents
Editor's Note
- On Writers, Rejection, and Editing
- pp. v-viii
Winner, 2014 Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize
Runner-Up, 2014 Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize
- Fight
- pp. 15-26
Essays
- Ultimate Gifts
- pp. 27-42
- The Angle of Flickering Light
- pp. 43-52
- On Nativity
- pp. 63-77
- Race This Race
- pp. 79-88
- Resurrection
- pp. 89-102
- The Gravity of Marble
- pp. 103-104
- Above the Roofs of Paris, a Non-Memoir
- pp. 105-124
- Waiting for the Bomb
- pp. 125-131
- Poetry, KY
- pp. 133-140
- Shallow Roots
- pp. 141-152
Essay With Commentary
- Spit
- pp. 153-172
Writer as Reader
Reviews
- Listening to Memory
- pp. 213-217
- The Burroway House
- pp. 219-225
- About the Contributors
- pp. 227-231