“Meander a little, take some risks, be more like Montaigne.”
An Interview with Ann FadimanBy Joey Franklin and Patrick Madden Late last year, in front of a live audience at Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah, Anne Fadiman sat down with Fourth Genre editors Joey Franklin and Patrick Madden to discuss her long career as a...
Essaying as Empowerment
“Essays that dwell in uncertainty are in many ways closest to the truth of the human experience. They don’t offer tidy solutions because life rarely operates that way. Instead, they offer ruminations, reflection, a powerful vulnerability, and tender insight.”
Essaying Is Questioning
When I first read Jill Christman’s memoir, Darkroom: A Family Exposure, eight years after its 2011 publication, I wrote her a letter that began: “From the opening chapter of Darkroom, I knew I had found the book I had been craving for so long…”
How the Light Gets In
How the Light Gets In An Interview with Amy Wright Paper Concert: A Conversation in the RoundBy Amy Wright188 pp. Sarabande Books, $16.95Released August 2021 Last Friday night I walked down to the brewhouse beside the railroad tracks, attracted by the flash and oomph...