Quinn Eades Explained

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.

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.^[2] He did his PhD from 2011 to 2015 in English and gender studies under Sue Martin at La Trobe University,^[3] also publishing a collection of poems as a companion volume.

Career and impact

During his PhD, he founded the interdisciplinary gender, sexuality and diversity academic journal: Writing from Below in 2012,^[4] and is currently the co-managing editor.^[5] 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.

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.^{[6] [7]} He draws significantly on this experience in both his academic writing and poetry, for example his experience of male motherhood.^[8]

Alongside his academic work, he is also known for his published poetry.^{[9] [10]} He employs a hybrid writing style; mixing academic writing on queer and trans theory with poetry and autobiography.^{[11] [12]}

Awards and honours

• Association for the Study of Australian Literature's 2018 Mary Gilmore Award.^{[13] [14]}
• Arts Queensland's 2017 XYZ Prize for Spoken Word.^{[15] [16]}

Works

• Book: Eades, Quinn. Rallying. 2017. 978-1-74258-919-0. Crawley, Western Australia. 962355415.

External links

• Quinn Eades's webpage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Quinn Eades. 7 November 2021. scholars.latrobe.edu.au.
2. Web site: Quinn Eades. 7 November 2021. orcid.org.
3. Eades. Quinn. Martin. Susan K.. 2016. The Supervision of a Hybrid Thesis: Bodies, Walking and Text. Writing in Practice. 2. 10.
4. Web site: Quinn Eades. 7 November 2021. UWA Publishing.
5. Web site: People. 7 November 2021. Writing from Below. en-AU.
6. Web site: Groch. Sherryn. 10 December 2020. Why do gender pronouns matter and how do you use them?. 7 November 2021. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
7. Web site: Quinn Eades. 26 November 2021. The Wheeler Centre. en.
8. Muslera. Pablo. 2 October 2017. REVIEW: 'What we may be[come]'

   a case of identity – Quinn Eades' Rallying]

   . TEXT. 1327-9556. 21. 2. 26 November 2021.
9. Web site: Quinn Eades. 7 November 2021. www.austlit.edu.au. AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. en.
10. Web site: Quinn Eades. 7 November 2021. australianshortstoryfestival.com. Australian Short Story Festival Inc. en-AU.
11. News: 21 June 2018. Meet three trans and non-binary artists who are reimagining the way we tell stories. en-AU. ABC News. 7 November 2021.
12. Web site: Quinn Eades. 7 November 2021. Red Room Poetry. en.
13. Web site: University. La Trobe. La Trobe writer wins Mary Gilmore Award. 7 November 2021. www.latrobe.edu.au. en.
14. Web site: Mary Gilmore Award. 7 November 2021. ASAL - Association for the Study of Australian Literature. en-US.
15. Web site: XYZ Prize for Spoken Word. 7 November 2021. Queensland Poetry. en-US. 7 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211107075546/https://www.qldpoetry.org/xyz-prize. dead.
16. Web site: Solah. Annie. 14 September 2017. Quinn Eades wins the 2017 XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word. 7 November 2021. Melbourne Spoken Word. en-EN.