Who We Are
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The Iris Review is an award-winning annual publication of Tennessee Tech University led by student editors dedicated to making a space for our community to thrive. We aim to publish Tennessee Tech students, faculty, staff, and alumni as well as the work of local creatives, writers, and artists. Our publication wants to share anything that means too much to you, the things that words barely capture, the work you’ve edited one too many times. Art needs community. These are the works we didn’t let die in our Notes app or camera roll.
Our History
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Homespun: simple and unsophisticated.
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The beginnings of all stories are homespun, and more so for the Iris Review. Tennessee Tech's pioneer literary magazine launched in 1950 under the title Homespun and ran until 2005.
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The 2018 revival of our literary magazine gives homage to these roots by retaining its last four digital copies. However, it now reaches beyond campus to all of Cookeville and seeks more art, photography, and graphic novel scenes.
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Now, we bloom.
Please note
The views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of The Iris Review staff, its faculty advisor, the Department of English, or Tennessee Technological University. The work published in this magazine is the sole property of the authors and may not be republished or reproduced without their written permission.
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