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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 21, Number 1, Spring 2019Table of Contents
- How to Be an Editor
- pp. vii-xii
- Like a Shipwreck
- pp. 1-12
- My Wife's Sandwich
- pp. 37-42
- Vocabulary for a Nervous Heart
- pp. 43-57
- Hunters: A Meander
- pp. 65-78
- The Bound Body
- pp. 85-92
- Headstrong
- pp. 97-106
- Fringed Gentian: Notes of a Flower Watcher
- pp. 107-120
- Not, of Course, Their Mothers
- pp. 121-125
- The Devil's Greatest Trick
- pp. 127-148
- How to Use a Crosscut Saw
- pp. 149-151
- Golden Fire
- pp. 153-168
- Starting Over
- pp. 169-178
- Thoreau's "The Bean-Field"
- pp. 195-200
- Inter-Review
- pp. 201-207
- Inter-Review
- pp. 209-216
- About the Contributors
- pp. 223-227
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