Five years ago, when this website first went live, I was scouring different publications for potential writers and came upon Iris Smyles, whose voice was peculiar and unique. She wrote many columns for Splice and then set upon writing her first novel, Iris Has Free Time, which was released last month by Soft Skull Press. The book is New York-centric, but not in the cookie-cutter form like so many other books that foul the marketplace. Smyles, 35, lives in the city and, after a teaching stint, now writes full-time. She has several events coming up in New York, Los Angeles and London. The following interview was conducted by email last week.
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