Ayaz O. Muratoglu

Ayaz O. Muratoglu is a poet, essayist, and translator who lives in Istanbul.

Selected Poems

"Oak," "A Boy's Song," "Middling Time," & "Slope Edge"  Trilobite, issue 16, Summer 2024

"Miracles of Profit," "Infinity Quilt," & "Bhereti"  Landfill, Summer 2024

"An Unwatched Festering," "Rabbits," & "At Night the Wheel"  Tagvverk, Spring 2024

Four Poems  The Poetry Project Newsletter #271, Winter 2023

"Aftermaths"  The Cola Review issue 1 (print), Fall 2022

"The Kid Who Accepts Blame," "Oyster," & "Necessaries"  Hot Pink Mag, issue 2, Fall 2022

"When You Go, Can You Bring me Back a Handful of Rain?"  Yalobusha Review, issue 35, Winter 2022

"Rushed Painting"  pan-pan press, issue 7, Fall 2021

Selected Criticism

Renee Gladman’s My Lesbian Novel  The Brooklyn Rail, Dec/Jan 2024-25

On I, Boombox by Robert Glück  Poetry Project Newsletter #273, Summer 2023

on Interventions for Women, poems by Angela Hume  On the Seawall, February 2023

on Bluest Nude, poetry by Ama Codjoe  On the Seawall, Fall 2022

Charting Relics of Lust: On Sophia Dahlin’s Natch  Critical Flame, Winter 2021

On Heather Treseler's "Parturition"  Critical Flame, Fall 2020

Selected Translations

Lorine Niedecker's "Foreclosure" from English into Turkish   moero issue 6, Winter 2024

Contact

Reach me at ayazormemuratoglu@gmail.com.