Archive - Scurf

Through a tram window seat

#scurf223: Public transport is the most literary form of travel

Jun 16 •

The endotic in Gulzar

#scurf222: Living should engage all senses, says Gulzar as does Georges Perec

Jun 11 •

May 2025

An Austenesque memory, summer & a poem

#Scurf221: Summer, Jane Austen 250th birth anniversary and then some

May 17 •

Seven Essays On Cats

The felineophiles' guide to literary writing on kitties.

Published on Memoir Land • May 4

April 2025

Seven Essays on Friendships

A reading list...

Published on Memoir Land • Apr 30

March 2025

February 2025

a devilishly beautiful, chaotic pause

#216: when work takes a backseat

Feb 22 •

Certified Copy: Reading in translation

#Scurf215: On reading Olga Ravn, Vigdis Hjorth and Tove Ditlevsen only in translation, and Geetanjali Shree in both avatars

Feb 8 •

on yiyun li's meditations

#scurf214: her essays have a way of pausing time

Feb 5 •

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