Nuray

Nuray Yasayanlar is a poet, retired high school English teacher, and current ESL educator living in Louisville, Kentucky—though her roots in Turkey still shape the cadence of her voice and the fire in her convictions. She brings a global sensibility to everything she touches, from the classroom to the page.

In advanced English programs, she led students through rigorous texts and lively intellectual sparring, insisting on precision of thought and boldness of expression. She believes language should stretch you, unsettle you, and occasionally refuse to behave.

A former contributing editor of 94 Creations and Iris Brown, Nuray has a gift for recognizing writing that carries pulse and presence. Her editorial eye is drawn to work that crosses borders, disrupts expectations, and lingers long after the final line.

Now, as editor of Mettacine Woman: Ink and Ether, she curates a space where layered, daring, and culturally textured voices can take root and flourish.

Outside of literature, Nuray travels eagerly, walks in quiet contemplation, and is an unapologetic food pusher. If you enter her home—even “just for a minute”—you will leave having eaten. Declining is a charming but futile exercise. Somewhere between “Are you hungry?” and “Would you like some . . .” she will win. You will eat.

And when she’s not sustaining people, she’s off on her next adventure with her wild-man of a husband, Steve, or coaxing struggling plants back to life with the practiced hand of a certified master gardener—officially certified, documentation available upon request.