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 | Dec 8, 2022 | Interview
Essaying Is Questioning A Jill and Jill Conversation If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in EssaysBy Jill Christman228 pp. University of Nebraska Press, $21.95Released September 2022 When I first read Jill Christman’s memoir, Darkroom: A Family Exposure, eight years...
by 4thgenre | Aug 19, 2022 | Review
Glorious, Golden, and Contemporary On Phillip Lopate’s New Anthologies of the American Essay The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the PresentEdited by Phillip Lopate928 pp. Anchor, $20.00Released November 2020 The Golden Age of...
