by 4thgenre | Jul 19, 2023 | Multimedia
Remapping an Unraveling a choose-your-own-adventure essay by Lucy Jayes Lucy Jayes Lucy Jayes is an essayist and poet residing in the horse capital of the world. She received her MFA from the University of Kentucky where she was awarded the Betsy Owen Combs...
by 4thgenre | Jul 18, 2023 | Multimedia
The Name Project by Julian Long Julian Long is a visionary writer known for his ability to weave captivating tales and stir mind and spirit with wordplay. Born and raised Louisville, Kentucky but affirmed in the heart of Brooklyn, Julian has always been deeply...
by 4thgenre | Jul 17, 2023 | Multimedia
The Body is a Vessel by Jesse Lee Kercheval Jesse Lee Kercheval is a writer, translator and graphic artist. Her graphic essays won 2022 prizes from New Letters and the New Ohio Review. Her latest book is the poetry collection I WANT TO TELL YOU (U Pittsburgh Press,...
by Madeline Haze Curtis | 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...
by Daniel Olivieri | Jun 1, 2023 | Multimedia
Chthonic Finalist of the 2022 Fourth Genre Multimedia Essay Prize Author’s note: Click here to experience Daniel’s immersive, experiential essay. If you would like to read the text in a more conventional format, it is transcribed below. Can you remember...
by Jamey Temple | Jun 1, 2023 | Multimedia
What Can’t Be Explained Through Pictograms or How the Voices of Korean Birth Mothers Become the Voices in my Head Finalist of the 2022 Fourth Genre Multimedia Essay Prize 1. I was raised in the church, taughta woman’s worth was how she guardedher heart, her...
