Emily Dickinson Wouldn't Have Survived Social Media

Portrait of a Young Woman, by Petrus Christus, dates back to 1465 and 1470. I love looking at this portrait, at the fascinating mystery that is her face., her expression

I wrote my first four novels in Turkish, and then — almost twenty-five years ago now — I switched to writing fiction in English. One day I would love to share with you a longer essay ab…