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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 2, Fall 2019Table of Contents
Editor's Note
- Silences
- pp. v-vii
Essays
- Constellation of Grace
- pp. 1-11
- Autumn Hours
- pp. 13-14
- Intimacy: A Bestiary
- pp. 15-24
- Man in the Mirror
- pp. 25-30
- The News
- pp. 31-50
- A Story about Breasts
- pp. 51-66
- Everyone Carries
- pp. 67-76
- Love in a Time of Dementia
- pp. 77-84
- Didi
- pp. 85-99
- Having Given Up
- p. 101
- An American Drilling
- pp. 103-114
- Hold On
- pp. 115-121
- House Wren
- pp. 123-128
- All the Times We've Died
- pp. 129-136
- The Fragility of All Things
- pp. 137-138
- Feral Memory
- pp. 139-147
Roundtable
Review Essays
- A Season of Cooking and Cancer
- pp. 177-184
- I'm Your Puppet
- pp. 185-192
- The Lifelong Conversation
- pp. 193-197
About the Contributors
- About the Contributors
- pp. 199-204
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