This is one of those events that seem almost surreal even a couple weeks after the fact. I was asked to speak to Professor Pilar Milagros and her literature class at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. Because of the time difference, my lecture started at 11:00 PM and lasted until 12:30 AM the next day.

It was so much fun. The students were eager and engaged … not that I was surprised as this is the top University in Turkey. And it showed–seriously so much brilliance!. As I left the class, I was wondering where these students were going to go and I hope that for those of them who become writers, that the world will be a place where we can share work easily and enrich each others lives with our stories. I am so grateful to everybody I met there, and hope one day we can meet in person.