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Writing, Podcast Interviews, and Instagram Lives

Non-Fiction

Essays

“Roots Like Museum Pieces.” Expat Sofra: Culinary Tales of Foreign Women in Turkey. Eds. Katherine Belliel and Francesca Rosa. Alfa Kitap. 2019.

“Müze Kalıntıları Gibi Kökler.” Expat Sofra: Türkiye’de Yaşan Yabancı Kadınların Mutfak Hikayeleri. Editörler Katherine Belliel ve Francesca Rosa. Alfa Kitap. 2019.

There’s No Place Like Home?The Puritan. Winter 2019.

Istanbul is a Moveable Feast.” The Journal of Levantine Studies. Vol. 8 No. 2. Winter 2018.

Leaving Istanbul.” The Puritan. Fall 2017. *Notable Essay, Best American Essays 2018* *Pushcart Prize 2018 Nominated*

 

Articles, Reviews, and Interviews

Interviews

MentorTalks: Shaping the Arc of Your Career with Ambassador Michelle Kwan.

MentorTalks: What Do Human Connection and Entrepreneurship Have in Common?

MentorTalks: How to Build a Documentary Filming Career With Your Head and Your Heart

 

Podcast Episodes

Voices of Exchange: Speaking to the Heart

Voices of Exchange: Monumental Conversations, Part 1

Voices of Exchange: Breaking the Silence

 

Reviews

In Brief: Istanbul, Review of Stamboul Ghosts.” The Times Literary Supplement.

In Brief: Greek Fiction, Review of Loxandra.The Times Literary Supplement.

 

Commentary/Interviews

A Blackout By Any Other Name.” Ploughshares blog.

‘Part of What the Novel is About is the Gimmicks That We Put on as Individuals’: An Interview with Chris McCormick.” Ploughshares blog.

 

Food

A Sweet Legacy: On the Hunt for the Best Baklava in Queens.” Culinary Backstreets.

Eating Real in the City.” Gastronomica.

 

Politics

Turkish Female Cartoonists Get Political -Tackling Oppression With Humor.PRI’s The World: Across Women’s Lives.

Turkish Journalist Ahmet Şık Held in Prison, Yet Again.”  Muftah.

Turkey: Istanbul’s Greek Schools Struggle amid Funding Shortage.” EurasiaNet.

Travel

Fasten Your Seatbelts.” Travel. Time Out Istanbul.

Culture

Objects of Nostalgia: The Museum of Innocence.” The Guide Istanbul.

Greek musicians a force on Istanbul’s vibrant music scene.” Hürriyet Daily News.

Fiction

Letters/Επιστολές.” Rosetta World Literatura. Issue 04.