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Duygu Kankaytsın (Izmir) holds a BA and MA from Dokuz Eylül University in Performing Arts (Dramaturgy) and is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in the same department. Poetry books: Hayatçağıran (Lifesummoner, 2013), Rağmen (Despite, 2018). Compilation: Sanatın Gölgedeki Kadınları (Women of Art in the Shadows, with Ö. Belkıs, 2018). Kankaytsın’s play Jiyan received the Suat Taşer Short Play Award (2014). She was a member of the Organization Committee during the 1st Women’s Studies Symposium at DEKAUM.

Buğra Giritlioğlu is a Turkish poet who holds a BS (Cornell) and MS (MIT) in Materials Science & Engineering, and an MA in Ethnomusicology (Istanbul Technical University). He has taught world music at Boğaziçi University. In addition to his two books of original poetry (2016, 2019), his translations appear in Asymptote, Chicago Review, Exchanges, Mantis (Stanford University), and Middle Eastern Literatures. His poems have been translated into Azerbaijani, Dutch, English, Georgian, Kurmanji, and Zazaki. An avid choir singer and amateur pianist, Giritlioğlu has sung with many choirs in the USA, UK (BBC Symphony Chorus), Netherlands (Laurenscantorij), and Turkey.