Who We Are
Wen Noonan is the creator and editor of Oracle of the Monstrous Feminine. Their memoir and poetry have appeared in Meridian, Diagram, Crazy Horse, Fugue, Painted Bride Quarterly, Poor Claudia, Muzzle, and 2River View. An excerpt from their memoir in progress was featured in Meridian Journal as one of two finalists for their 2020 Editor’s Choice prize and was nominated for a Pushcart. They teach myth, literature, creative writing and theory at Pacific Northwest College of Arts. and Oregon Literary Arts. The Monstrous Feminine Oracle Deck is a feminist and queer themed collaborative multimedia project about monster folklore. Vow is a series of poetic essays exploring grief, motherhood, death, haunting, and bioethics.
Contributors: Kirsten Valerie, Sami Filosa, Charlie Miller, Casper Mayberry, Coleman Stevenson, Diana Oropeza, Johnny Sullivan, Relic Puente, Ilish Bath, Ruby Tidd, Tyler Soloman, Kota Abe, Walker Aldrich, Limei Lai, Lola Kolp, Sara Kolp, Reef Hutasangkas, Tyler Soloman, Wendy
Bourgeois, Milo Muise, Trishelle Love, and Tristan Trotter.
We are a collective of emerging and established queer, trans, and female artists and writers who share a passion for artmaking, collaboration, and monsters. Across our varied ages, skin colors, histories, and life experiences, we reflect the diversity of monsters represented in this deck.