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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 22, Number 1, Spring 2020Table of Contents
Editors' Notes
- Editors’ Notes
- pp. v-vii
- Editors’ Notes
- p. vii
Winner, 2019 Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize
Essays
- Massacre
- pp. 11-23
- The Middle Way
- pp. 25-32
- Notes on Bewilderment
- pp. 33-43
- Rescue Me
- pp. 45-58
- Suppose This Is Globe
- pp. 59-62
- In the Shadow of a Mountain
- pp. 63-71
- Circle of Willis
- pp. 73-79
- Visions
- pp. 81-91
- A Few Songs as One
- pp. 93-101
- Memory’s Disavowed Daughter
- pp. 103-121
- Not Sound but the Memory of Sound
- pp. 123-132
- Speak, Body
- pp. 133-143
- Jennifer
- pp. 145-151
- The Ridgeway
- pp. 153-171
- Syruping
- pp. 173-179
- Bird Hearts
- pp. 181-190
- Going to Gooseberry Falls
- pp. 205-212
Review Essays
About the Contributors
- About the Contributors
- pp. 235-239
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