“Into the River”: A Tribute to Virginia Woolf
Felix Natalis, Virginia Woolf. Continue reading “Into the River”: A Tribute to Virginia Woolf
Category: writing
On Writing Better | Rainer Maria Rilke
European poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) pursued a life of meaning through his writing. He studied with the greatest minds of the 20th century, from Rodin to Lou Andreas-Salomé, not only to learn how to write better, but to learn how to think, feel, and live like an artist. Continue reading On Writing Better | Rainer Maria Rilke
How to Become a Better Writer: 10 Yoga Practices for Writers
As a writing instructor, too, I have been using one of the most instructive tenets of yoga, “finding freedom within the form,” as a way to teach my students how to find their voices as writers while composing formulaic papers. Continue reading How to Become a Better Writer: 10 Yoga Practices for Writers
How to Become a Better Writer: Tips to Shift Your Perspective on Writing
Meditating on why you are writing in the first place takes you one step closer to your goal of writing better. Shifting your perspective from I have to to I want to because… can help you to write with a purpose, to find your voice as a writer, and to focus better. Continue reading How to Become a Better Writer: Tips to Shift Your Perspective on Writing
New Series: Become a Better Writer + Write Better
As part of this series, every month I’ll be compiling and posting about the techniques and strategies that I incorporate into my teaching and that I myself use as a writer. Of course, we need to acknowledge the fact that better here is an ambiguous adjective; what does it mean to be a better writer? Continue reading New Series: Become a Better Writer + Write Better
The Sudan Series: The Power to Narrate
Fiction has the power to uncover what is left unsaid in headlines and social media posts. It disrupts the chain of narratives that insidiously silence the voices of those who demand to be heard. Continue reading The Sudan Series: The Power to Narrate
about me
As a self-proclaimed hyphenated spirit, I’ve dedicated my life to exploring what it means to be home. Growing up in Turkey and living in Europe and the U.S. have brought me closer to finding an answer to the complex question of home. Or so I thought. Continue reading about me
meditations on home, belonging & all things literary 