What I'd Read First
(If I Were You)
A Curated Welcome.

If you’re new to SomEpiphany, or simply looking for a way in,
these are the pieces I’d start with. They aren’t everything. But they’re the ones I return to. The ones I trust to speak for the whole. The ones I’d hand to a friend—pieces I hold with pride.

You can skip around, follow your own thread, or move through them in order, one piece at a time.

Take your time. I hope these words offer you something worth holding.

Happy reading, and may you find something here that stays with you.

-Charlene Iris

IX. To Old Friends, Part I: Memory.

I don’t reach for the past, but it finds me. Like an unsent note in a jacket pocket, still folded. Still warm.

Charlene Iris

Apr 112 min read

VIII. World’s Okayest Prophet.

Between obscurity and brilliance lies a quiet tension: a standoff between doubt and reverence. This piece explores the messy, human grind behind genius, one voice note about pigeons at a time.

Charlene Iris

Apr 103 min read