Quinn Eades

Quinn Eades
Alma mater	University of Newcastle University of Technology Sydney University of Melbourne La Trobe University
Occupation	Researcher poet
Awards	Mary Gilmore Award (2018) XYZ Prize for Spoken Word (2017)
Website	scholars.latrobe.edu.au/display/qeades
Academic career
Fields	Queer theory, transgender studies, poetry, autobiography, human body
Institutions	La Trobe University (2015–) La Trobe University (2012–2015)

Quinn Eades is a Senior Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality & Diversity Studies, ^[1] best known for both academic work and poetry on queer theory and experience. He is particularly known for integrating his trans-masculine perspective into both academic and personal writing. ^{[2] [3]}

Early life and education

After studying a BA in sociology at University of Newcastle from 1993-2000, he studied creative writing, gaining a graduate certificate from University of Technology Sydney in 2003 and a postgraduate diploma from University of Melbourne in 2010. ^[4] He did his PhD from 2011 to 2015 in English and gender studies under Sue Martin at La Trobe University, ^{[4] [5]} also publishing a collection of poems as a companion volume. ^[2]

Career and impact

During his PhD, he founded the interdisciplinary gender, sexuality and diversity academic journal: Writing from Below in 2012, ^[6] and is currently the co-managing editor. ^{[1] [7]} He also worked as a sessional lecturer in interdisciplinary studies, being made a full lecturer upon being awarded his PhD in 2015 and subsequently made senior lecturer in gender, sexuality & diversity studies. ^[1]

It was also in 2015 that he began transitioning to be a non-binary trans masculine person at the age of 41, whilst completing a PhD thesis and having recently given birth to his youngest child. ^{[2] [8] [9]} He draws significantly on this experience in both his academic writing and poetry, for example his experience of male motherhood. ^{[2] [10]}

Alongside his academic work, he is also known for his published poetry. ^{[3] [11]} He employs a hybrid writing style; mixing academic writing on queer and trans theory with poetry and autobiography. ^{[12] [13]}

Awards and honours

• Association for the Study of Australian Literature's 2018 Mary Gilmore Award. ^{[2] [14]}
• Arts Queensland's 2017 XYZ Prize for Spoken Word. ^{[15] [16]}

Works

• Eades, Quinn (2017). Rallying. Crawley, Western Australia. ISBN   978-1-74258-919-0. OCLC   962355415.

References

1. "Quinn Eades". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
2. University, La Trobe. "La Trobe writer wins Mary Gilmore Award". www.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
3. "Quinn Eades". www.austlit.edu.au. AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. "Quinn Eades". orcid.org. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
5. Eades, Quinn; Martin, Susan K. (2016). "The Supervision of a Hybrid Thesis: Bodies, Walking and Text". Writing in Practice. 2: 10.
6. "Quinn Eades". UWA Publishing. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
7. "People". Writing from Below. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
8. Groch, Sherryn (10 December 2020). "Why do gender pronouns matter and how do you use them?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
9. "Quinn Eades". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
10. Muslera, Pablo (2 October 2017). "REVIEW: 'What we may be[come]': a case of identity – Quinn Eades' Rallying". TEXT. 21 (2). ISSN   1327-9556 . Retrieved 26 November 2021.
11. "Quinn Eades". australianshortstoryfestival.com. Australian Short Story Festival Inc. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
12. "Meet three trans and non-binary artists who are reimagining the way we tell stories". ABC News. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
13. "Quinn Eades". Red Room Poetry. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
14. "Mary Gilmore Award". ASAL - Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
15. "XYZ Prize for Spoken Word". Queensland Poetry. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
16. Solah, Annie (14 September 2017). "Quinn Eades wins the 2017 XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word". Melbourne Spoken Word. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

External links

• Quinn Eades's webpage