a devilishly beautiful, chaotic pause
#216: when work takes a backseat
Certified Copy: Reading in translation
#Scurf215: On reading Olga Ravn, Vigdis Hjorth and Tove Ditlevsen only in translation, and Geetanjali Shree in both avatars
on yiyun li's meditations
#scurf214: her essays have a way of pausing time
To see a city: Berlin is never Berlin
#scurf213: A reading list on Die Hauptstadt
poets pretend, climates change, humans don't behave
#scurf211: a dirge, a plea, a little something to be
Conversation with Susanna Crossman
#Scurf210: Essayist, writer and novelist, Susanna Crossman talks to me on how her Aeon essay became a book, all within a space of two years
my favorite book of 2024
#Scurf209: 'The Anthropologists' by Ayşegül Savaş is as enchanting as it is humbling. I wish for more novels like this.
A Swedish Christmas, some saffron buns and a warm winter
#Scurf208: On the little new things in life and walking the winding lanes of this dazzling city
The miner of difficult truths
#scurf207: On Catherine Keener's portraits of our thwarted, everyday selves
how should a person be🕯️🍁
#Scurf206: Walking and Talking (1996) & Girlfriends (1978) - these movies, predecessors to 2012's Frances Ha, teach us a valuable something about being somewhere in the middle
Conversation with Will Anderson
#Scurf205: On the tradition of reading on family holidays, finding community on Goodreads and what reading can mean to us
Emraan Hashmi, long drives in the rain and what else
#Scurf204: a memory snatch from 2006, a whirlwind of nothing, a snag in the programming of november 2024
a new view, a new website & an old me
#Scurf203: that's how it rolls
Conversation with Arun A.K.
#Scurf202: On writing film criticism for Indian and global publications
Conversation with Madeleine Watts
#Scurf201: The writer on her most recent novel, learning German and life in Berlin
Conversation with Darran Anderson (II)
#Scurf200: On coming of age on the internet, preserving some precious moments in the personal space and Bachelard.
Conversation with Darran Anderson (I)
#Scurf199: The writer on objects telling their stories, Marxist landlords and the bright side of day jobs
I doubt therefore I think therefore I am
#Scurf198: May your September be full of wondrous hours where you read more and watch even more of Industry
Conversation with Elisa Gabbert
#Scurf197: The poet-essayist on rereading, her writing practice and the joys of writerly companionship
Conversation with A. S. Hamrah
#Scurf196: The writer on writing criticism, watching and often rewatching movies as part of the job
