NeighborlinessChapter 3
Once the semester commenced it was difficult for me to find the time to meet women to entertain Alia, I had to break a few “dates” she had set me up on, feeling overwhelmed with the workload. Alia continued her late night visits, and I did manage to find time often to join her by the pool for conversations that meandered late into the night. It indeed was a breath of fresh air talking with Alia compared to any of my students, including most of the graduate students I was also starting to meet...