Editor's Letter

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Letter from the Editor: Harbors

A ferry cuts through the water on a crisp, foggy evening.

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Letter from the Editor: Uncharted

Our writers venture deep into the unknown

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Letter from the Editor: Body | Disembodied

This latest edition of Iris is urgently interested in all things "Body and Disembodied".

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Letter from the Editor: The Story of Iris

Who are the creators behind Iris Magazine? What are their backstories, best eras, deepest dreams? 

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Letter from the Editor: Grounding

The Iris team explored what grounds them, searching for balance and stillness in a world that can often feel as if it has been turned upside down. 

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Letter from the Editor: Origins

We asked our writers to grapple with the idea of origins and beginnings.

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Letter from the Editor: Hauntings

In this issue, called Hauntings, I’ve asked our writers to consider what haunts them and why?

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Letter from the Editor: Legacy

What story will I write, and who might tell mine? 

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Letter from the Editor: Navigation and Direction

What a fickle force change is! It sweeps you up in its waves, and before you know you’re moving, the sands shift, your feet lightly landing on different shores. 

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Letter from the Editor: Imprints

She feels an unsettling rumbling in her chest before she feels the tremor beneath her feet. She opens her face to the sky, which is now thick with billowing plumes of pearly smoke.