Iris and the Dead

Miranda Schreiber will launch Iris and the Dead with a reading and conversation with Nicky Taylor, who will also read from their pocket epic, Once I Swam in Lakes, published by Amor Mundi Press. Copies will be available to buy.

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An epic of Grecian proportions, Iris and the Dead follows a young woman's perilous passage through an inappropriate relationship with her therapist (and its aftermath.) Her plight is intertwined with a magical realist folk tale that sees her ancestors return from the dead to speak about fascism, intergenerational trauma and the power of storytelling. Iris and the Dead renders love, sickness, tragedy and the sublime lyrically and incisively, equal parts beautiful and haunting.

Miranda Schreiber is a Toronto-based writer and researcher. Her work has appeared in places like the Toronto Star, Walrus, Globe and Mail, the BBC, and the National Post. She has been nominated for a digital publishing award by the National Media Foundation and was the recipient of the Solidarity and Pride Champion Award from the Ontario Federation of Labour. Iris and the Dead is her debut book.

Nicky Taylor is a writer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. In 2021, their debut chapbook, Foul Mouth, was published by bird, buried press. In 2022, they were named Student Journalist of the Year by Canadian University Press. In March, they were shortlisted by the Fiddlehead for the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize. Their work has appeared in the Walrus, Maisonneuve, Metatron’s Glyphoria, Commo, and yolk, among others.