T.A. Noonan

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Fort Pierce, FL
Florida US
Website: 
msha.ke/ghoststructural
Twitter/X: 
@ghoststructural

Author's Bio

T.A. Noonan (they/them or li/li) is a bedlam pathworker, disabled queer creative, & author of several books & chapbooks. A Kréyòl Lalwizyàn turned accidental Floridian, their current hyperfixations include enamel pins, tarot, Zelda speedrunning, Genshin Impact, & Final Fantasy XV.

Noonan's ongoing project is a multimodal exploration of their occult lineage & Creole heritage, including interrogations into Southern queer identities, racist erasure, trauma bonding, & enmeshment. They are also studying Kouri-Vini, designing works both magical & mundane, & writing a novel about manatees and the gods.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:
Xpress: An Anthology of Transgressive and Multimodal Narratives in Print (Twelve Winters Press, 2016)
Book:
Petticoat Government (Gold Wake Press, 2011)
Journals:
Bluestem Magazine
,
Cahoodaloodaling
,
Delirious Hem
,
Ninth Letter
,
Superstition Review
,
Whiskey Island

Fiction

Anthology:
Blink: Flash Fiction Before You Can Bat an Eye (Paper Journey Press, 2006)
Book:
four sparks fall: a novella (Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, 2013)
Journal:
Specs

Poetry

Anthologies:
FREE MONSTER POEMS ABOUT MONSTERS: Let's do this (again). (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2015)
,
FREE SNAKE POEMS ABOUT SNAKES: Let's do this. (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2014)
,
Thrush Poetry Journal: An Anthology of the First Two Years (Thrush Press, 2014)
,
narrative (dis)continuities: prose experiments by younger american writers (Moria Press, 2013)
,
Pagan Writers Presents Samhain (Pagan Writers Press, 2012)
,
21 Stars Review: The Complete Poetry and Prose (Sundress Publications, 2010)
,
The Southern Poetry Anthology, Vol. 2: Mississippi (Texas Review Press, 2010)
,
[GROWLING SOFTLY] (Blood Pudding Press, 2007)
Books:
The Ep[is]odes: a reformulation of Horace (Noctuary Press, 2017)
,
The Bone Folders (Sundress Publications, 2011)
Chapbooks:
The Midway Iterations (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2015)
,
Darjeeling (Ahadada Books, 2008)
Journals:
21 Stars
,
88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry
,
Can We Have Our Ball Back
,
Connotation Press
,
Delirious Hem
,
Drunk Monkeys
,
Eleven Eleven
,
Elimae
,
Everyday Genius
,
Foursquare
,
Harpur Palate
,
Heavy Feather Review
,
Hobart
,
LIT
,
Little Red Leaves
,
Lunch Ticket
,
Melancholia's Tremulous Dreadlocks
,
Menacing Hedge
,
No Tell Motel
,
NōD Magazine
,
Nonbinary Review
,
Phoebe
,
Redactions
,
Reunion: The Dallas Review
,
Rhino Magazine
,
Shampoo
,
Specs
,
Spell
,
Split Lip Magazine
,
Stirring: A Literary Collection
,
Stone Highway Review
,
Texas Poetry Journal
,
THEthe Poetry
,
THRUSH Poetry Journal
,
Trailer Park Quarterly
,
Truck
,
Verse Daily
,
West Wind Review
,
Womb
,
Word For/Word
,
Words on Walls

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Disabled, LGBTQ, Other
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana
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Last update: Jun 06, 2024