yeldana talgatkyzy

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Yeldana Talgatkyzy is a writer from Astana, Kazakhstan. She is a 2026 MacDowell Fellow and 2026-2027 Fine Art Work Center Fellow. Her work has been supported by McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House), Brooklyn Poets, and Under the Volcano residency. She has been longlisted for 2026 A Public Space writing fellowship, and selected as the finalist of the 2025 Ninth Story Regeneration Contest.

Poetry

• "First Bull of the Spanish Enlightenment," Academy of American Poets (May 2024)

• "This Halloween I'm dressing up as a tooth fairy," BULLSHIT LIT (October 31, 2023)

• "From Swamps," Equatorial Magazine Issue 1 (June 2022)

Interviews / Features

• Brooklyn Poets Poet of the Week Interview