by 4thgenre | Jul 17, 2023 | Multimedia
The Body is a Vessel by Jesse Lee Kercheval The body is a vessel I am reading the WWII memoir of the New Yorker writer Emily Hahn. When the Hapanese occuy Hong Kong, she is living there with her two month old daughter. The father, her lover Charles Boxer, head of...
by 4thgenre | Jul 6, 2023 | News
2023 Michael Steinberg Memorial Essay Prize Winner! Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s Michael Steinberg Memorial Essay Contest. Our judge, Debra Gwartney, has selected the essay “Still Life” by Monica Judge as the 2023 winner. Gwartney called “Still Life” an...
by 4thgenre | Jun 12, 2023 | Craft Essay
The following is an excerpt from The Rosemetal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature, (available July 2023) edited by Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart, reproduced here with permission from the author and press. Why Graphic Literature The first time I asked students to...
by 4thgenre | Jun 5, 2023 | Interview
Essaying as Empowerment A Conversation with Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Jody Keisner Halfway from Home: EssaysBy Sarah Fawn Montgomery194 pp. Split/Lip Press, $16.00Released November 2022 Under My Bed and Other EssaysBy Jody Keisner240 pp. University of Nebraska...
by 4thgenre | Jun 1, 2023 | Multimedia
Out of Body Winner of the 2022 Fourth Genre Multimedia Essay Prize Here’s what our judge, Wayne Koestenbaum, had to say about this year’s winning essay: “In delicate and textured drawings and text fragments, “Out-of-Body” beautifully captures...
