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In Defense of Dog- Eared Pages: Why You Should Absolutely Write in Your Books
By: Sydney Foster There are two kinds of readers: the ones who keep their books in pristine, untouched condition…and the ones who immediately grab a pen. If you’ve ever felt even a tiny bit guilty about underlining a sentence or scribbling in the margins, this is your official permission slip. Writing in your books isn’t ruining them. It’s using them. It means highlighting lines you love, circling words you don’t understand, writing “WHAT??” in the margins when a character ma

The Iris Review
7 hours ago2 min read
If My Dogs Could Read
By: Lilly Lemanski I love my dogs. I really, really do. However, sometimes when I look into their eyes, I swear there’s not a thought between those floppy ears. Now and then, however, I look at them staring up at me—well, they’re usually staring at the food in my hands and not actually me, but I digress—and some things just seem right. Yeah, if Lambeau and Miller were humans, Miller would definitely listen to 90s grunge music, and Beau would definitely listen to Frank Sinatr

The Iris Review
7 hours ago2 min read
Cat Typing
By: Aster Taylor My favorite meme online right now is a video of someone doing any activity overlaid with “cats when the task requires zero cats” while the cat is impeding by chewing on yarn or tasting all the ingredients. My cat *loves* to type. He’s grown up around me writing and doing homework on my laptop and my grandma playing card games online, so he’s well acquainted with the QWERTY keyboard. I’ve given him his own word doc in my bookmarks bar so he can have a little c

The Iris Review
1 day ago2 min read
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