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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
Editor's Note
- How to Be an Editor
- pp. vii-xii
Winner, 2018 Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize
- Like a Shipwreck
- pp. 1-12
Runner-Up, 2018 Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize
Essays
- My Wife's Sandwich
- pp. 37-42
- Vocabulary for a Nervous Heart
- pp. 43-57
- Intimacy
- pp. 59-64
- Hunters: A Meander
- pp. 65-78
- Saluda
- pp. 79-83
- The Bound Body
- pp. 85-92
- Wayne's
- pp. 93-95
- Headstrong
- pp. 97-106
- 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
- The John
- pp. 179-193
Writer As Reader
- Thoreau's "The Bean-Field"
- pp. 195-200
Review Essays
- Inter-Review
- pp. 201-207
- Inter-Review
- pp. 209-216
About The Contributors
- About the Contributors
- pp. 223-227
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