The Art of Scratching

A luridly pink cover and a suggestive title first drew me to The Art of Scratching. Shazea Quraishi is a Pakistani-Canadian writer,and the second and middle sections of her new collection were published in her first pamphlet The Courtesans Reply (2012).  Having lived in Pakistan, Canada, Spain, and London, her influences are myriad. Of Skyros, Read More