I.About Iris
Iris Calder grew up above her parents' print shop in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she learned to proofread by reading wedding invitations backward.Reading backward, word by word, stops you reading for sense, so the typos show. She still does it with every final proof. She edited nonfiction for a trade publisher for nine years before joining the Review in its second issue.
Her series On revision, which began in No. 13, follows a year of her own drafts and the editors who taught her to cut. She is turning it into a short book, due in 2027. She lives in Providence and answers letters on Fridays.
- Pieces in the Review
- 12
- Since No. 2, Autumn 2023.
- Parts of On revision
- 2of 5
- Part 3 is in this week's letter.
- Hours of audio
- 4.5
- Every piece, read by Iris.
II.Her pieces
Newest first. The series is listed in order below.
Get the next part on December 5
Each part of On revision arrives first in the free Saturday letter.
One email every Saturday. Iris answers letters on Fridays.