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Adam Lowe (writer)

November 23, 2023

For the American politician, see J. Adam Lowe.

Adam Lowe (born 1985) is a British writer, performer and publisher from Leeds, though he currently lives in Manchester. He is the UK's LGBT+ History Month Poet Laureate[2] and was Yorkshire's Poet for 2012 (the county's selected poet for the 2012 Olympics).[3] He writes poetry, plays and fiction, and he occasionally performs as Beyonce Holes.[4]

Adam Lowe
Born1985 (age 37–38)
Leeds, England
OccupationWriter, publisher, performer, teacher[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
Period2002–present
GenrePoetry, plays, fiction, novel, short story, science fiction
SubjectBlack British, LGBT, disabled
Notable worksPrecocious
Website
adam-lowe.com

Biography edit

Adam Lowe is of Black Caribbean (St. Kitts), British and Irish descent.[5] He is the son of Councillor Alison Lowe, and like her graduated with both a BA and MA from the University of Leeds.[6] His family was the subject of the 1999 ITV docu-soap Family Life (Lion TV).[7] He describes himself as genderfluid but primarily uses he/his pronouns, except when in drag.[8][9]

Writing, publishing and performance edit

Adam Lowe writes about disability,[10] LGBT+ experiences,[11] the lives of mixed race/Black British communities[3] and the intersections between them.[8][12]

Lowe is the UK's first LGBT+ History Month Poet Laureate; founded and runs Young Enigma, a writer development project for young writers; is Editor-in-Chief of Vada Magazine and Dog Horn Publishing; and is Publicity Officer for Peepal Tree Press.[2][1]

Lowe has performed around the world, at a variety of venues, festivals and conferences,[2][1] including the Black and Asian Writers Conference,[13] and is chair of Black Gold Arts.[9] He is an advocate for LGBT+ rights and sits on the management committee for Schools OUT UK, the charity that founded LGBT+ History Month in the UK.[14]

He was formerly Features Editor for Bent Magazine and Editor of a speculative fiction magazine called Polluto.[15][16]

In 2010, he was writer-in-residence at I Love West Leeds Arts Festival in Armley, the area where he was raised as the son of a local councillor.[17] He studied under Madani Younis at Freedom Studios in Leeds' sister city, Bradford.[18] He was also announced as a finalist for the 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards with his novella Troglodyte Rose (later, a selection from the book would be a Wattpad featured story getting over 190,000 reads).[19][20]

In 2011, Lowe was writer on attachment at West Yorkshire Playhouse, and partnered with composer Nikki Franklin for Leeds Lieder+ at Leeds College of Music, before the two collaborated on a new work, "Mary", for the BBC Singers.[21]

In 2012, his pamphlet Precocious (Fruit Bruise Press) was a reader nomination for the Guardian First Book Prize, which the publication described as "A vivid picture of emotions, deeply felt, but with a clear-eyed view of the ways we humans live, love and sometimes betray".[22] He also had a residency at Zion Arts Centre.[23][18]

That year he was Yorkshire's poet for the 12 Poets of 2012 scheme, celebrating the 2012 Olympics and the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, where he visited boxer Anthony Ogogo on a training session to inspire the writing of an Olympic-themed poem for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.[24][3] The final poem was performed by the National Lottery Draw Show's Voice of the Balls Alan Dedicoat at the National Lottery Plot in the Olympic Park on 3 September 2012.[25] Lowe rounded the year off with inclusion in MTV Books' Chorus: A Literary Mixtape, edited by Saul Williams and Dufflyn Lammers.[26]

In 2013, he was announced as one of 10 Black and Asian "advanced poets" for The Complete Works II (founded by Bernardine Evaristo) with Mona Arshi, Jay Bernard, Kayo Chingonyi, Rishi Dastidar, Edward Doegar, Inua Ellams, Sarah Howe, Eileen Pun and Warsan Shire, which resulted in the anthology Ten: The New Wave, edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf.[27] He was mentored on the programme by Patience Agbabi.[18] He also made the list of "20 under 40" writers in Leeds for the LS13 Awards,[28][29] where Lowe was given as an example of "the non-conformist and boundary-breaking approach to writing in Leeds".[30]

In 2014, he toured his solo show, Ecstasies, which began at Contact Theatre's Queer Contact.[2] He performed a poem about cruising for 4thought.tv on Channel 4.[5]

In 2015, his Polari poem "Vada That" was selected as The Guardian Poem of the Week.[31] His play Friend Roulette ran for a week at the Amersham Arms in London.[32] The play received a four-star review in Theatre Bubble, describing the play as "a comment on the real life app, Grindr, where users meet for sex and chance encounters. The intensity of the meetings that can only be virtual and therefore 'not real'". The Guardian referred to the short play, in published form, as "a fine playlet".[22]

In 2017, he performed with composer Nikki Franklin in the Speaker's Chambers at the House of Commons for LGBT History Month.[33]

In 2018–9, he featured in the British Library's Windrush Stories exhibition, performing a poem based on the Lord's Prayer.[34]

In 2019, his poem 'Bone Railroad', about slavery and the Middle Passage was selected as Poem of the Week by The Yorkshire Times.[35]

In 2021, he contributed a poem called "Writing Myself in History" and performed a lip sync of Regina Spektor's "Us" for Manchester Museum, as part of Pride Month.[12] The poem and performance explore ideas of queering the archive and contested ownership.[12] As Beyonce Holes, he also performed at the Manchester Pride at Home event with Cheddar Gorgeous, doing a number inspired by #BlackLivesMatter to Nina Simone's "Sinnerman".[36][37]

In June 2022, Lowe performed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter with Mona Arshi, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Fred D'Aguiar, Jennifer Lee Tsai, Shivanee Ramlochan, Jacob Sam-La Rose, John Siddique, Yomi Sode and Yusra Warsama as part of the My Words collaboration with the Museum of Colour, curated by Melanie Abrahams. The poets were accompanied by live music and vocals from Randolph Matthews.[38] As part of the My Words programme, Lowe also contributed a poem called 'Seasoning' to the Museum of Colour, inspired by a set of chains used in the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans.[39]

In October 2022, he edited the anthology The World Reimagined, featuring 30 poets, including Anthony Joseph, Benjamin Zephaniah, Dorothea Smartt, John Agard, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Kadija Sesay, Khadijah Ibrahiim, Malika Booker, Marvin Thompson, Otis Mensah, Raymond Antrobus, Shara McCallum, Shivanee Ramlochan, Tanya Shirley and others.[40]

In December 2022, Lowe co-authored the scientific paper "What Primary Care Practitioners Need to Know about the New NICE Guideline for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adults" in the journal Healthcare, writing as a lay person with lived experience of ME/CFS.[10]

Also in 2022, Peepal Tree Press announced Lowe's forthcoming debut (full-length) poetry collection, Patterflash, as "[a] collection [which] connects the poet as a wry, humane observer of the scene, particularly as conducted in Manchester, and the persona of 'Adam Lowe' as both actor in and narrator of his own dramas, who performs, exults and sometimes suffers in a wide range of guises and disguises."[11] The collection includes several poems in Polari and will be published on 1 June 2023.[8][11]

In 2023, Lowe was announced as one of the authors in attendance at Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad (the first fully in-person festival for four years). He will give a workshop on intimacy in poetry, as well as a reading with Andre Bagoo and Padraig Regan.[41]

Literary reception edit

Patience Agbabi said of Lowe's debut collection Patterflash: "Effervescent with verbal velocity, buzzing with innuendo and insight, often pithy, sometimes poignant, Patterflash is a lovesong to language. Adam Lowe switches brilliantly between registers, from Polari to Yorkshire vernacular to everything in between. The effect is thrilling. This unique debut demands a standing ovation. I loved it!"[42]

Andrew McMillan described it as: "A collection of ecstatic queer hymns that walk us through Leeds, through Manchester, with the unique language of being young and queer in the north."[42]

Carol Rumens of The Guardian describes Adam Lowe as a "versatile and widely published young writer".[31]

In 2012, the readers for the Guardian First Book Prize described Lowe's chapbook "Precocious" as "A vivid picture of emotions, deeply felt, but with a clear-eyed view of the ways we humans live, love and sometimes betray".[22]

In 2013, Lowe was given as an example of "the non-conformist and boundary-breaking approach to writing in Leeds" when recognising his work at the LS13 Awards.[30]

In 2014, Sohini Basak of Sabotage Reviews wrote of Lowe's poems in Ten: The New Wave, edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf (Bloodaxe), "Adam Lowe also merges the then with the now, reworking Sappho, stories from the Bible and Babylon seamlessly, in subversive narratives, claiming them as personal and political points of protest."[43]

In 2015, a four-star review of his play "Friend Roulette" in Theatre Bubble said, "Friend Roulette by LGBT writer Adam Lowe, directed by Rachel Owens, sheds light on a gay friendship that is pushed by.. society? inhibitions? fear? into the confines of a chat room (Friend Roulette). But it could also be a comment on the real life app, Grindr, where users meet for sex and chance encounters. The intensity of the meetings that can only be virtual and therefore 'not real' for one of the friends, played by Robert Wallis, causes him to break free for the real world, leaving his internet friend Jonathan Woodhouse, stuck in the hell of a darkened room." The Guardian referred to the short play, in published form, as "a fine playlet that [the reviewer] was very impressed by".[22]

In 2018, poet Shivanee Ramlochan wrote of Lowe's poem "Traces of Invasion" on her website Novel Niche: "Lowe serves us these trifle-and-gunsmoke slices of revelation, of bitter disappointment and brined satisfaction: clean, and clear, and right between the eyes. It isn't easy for a poem to do this, to wind itself around you without the commonly-perceived artifice of poetic apparatus."[44]

In a 2019 review for The Yorkshire Times, Steve Whitaker writes of Lowe's Middle Passage elegy, "Kennaway's métier is reinvented in Adam Lowe's fine poem of restorative commemoration, 'Bone Railroad'".[45]

Publishers Weekly, in reviewing More Fiya, refers to the anthology's varied poems as like "the 'funny thing' that Adam Lowe calls desire—complex, surprising, and radical in both theme and structure, and whole in their moments of fragility and strength."[46]

Poet Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa said of one of Lowe's poems in Filigree, "I am in awe of 'Boy-Machine', I was tipping towards the edge of my chair willing this brave soul's flight to end in a more satisfying outcome than Icarus'. The storytelling is breathtaking, I could feel my bones consulting with my DNA to negotiate if I could grow wings for a brief moment. My bones settled for a re-reading."[9]

In 2023, Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston wrote, for The Times Literary Supplement, about one of Lowe's poems in the anthology 100 Queer Poems: "Adam Lowe's 'Vada That' […] exuberantly resuscitates the now-defunct queer cryptolect Polari to offer a portrait of a 'bimbo bit of hard' on the cruise for 'trade'".[47]

Songwriting edit

In 2006, Lowe wrote the lyrics and performed the vocals for a hard house/trance single called 'Some Justice' with DJ GRH & Paul Maddox.[15][48]

Teaching and mentoring edit

Lowe has taught for The Poetry School,[49] English PEN,[50] the University of Leeds and the University of Central Lancashire.[51]

Through Young Enigma, he has worked with and supported writers such as Andrew McMillan and Afshan D'souza Lodhi.[52][53] Young Enigma writers have performed alongside Patience Agbabi, Gerry Potter and Jackie Kay.[54][55]

He was a Slate Enabler for Eclipse Theatre, advocating for BAME artists in Greater Manchester; and is currently chair of Black Gold Arts, a charity which primarily mentors and supports QTIPOC artists in Greater Manchester.[1]

Awards and honours edit

  • 2023: Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Patterflash, Summer 2023[56]
  • 2013: LGBT+ History Month Poet Laureate
  • 2013: LS13 Awards: '20 best writers under 40' in Leeds[28]
  • 2012: Yorkshire's Poet for 2012

Bibliography edit

  • Patterflash (Peepal Tree Press, 2023)[11]
  • 100 Queer Poems, edited by Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan (Vintage, 2022)
  • More Fiya: A New Collection of Black British Poetry, edited by Kayo Chingonyi (Canongate, 2021)
  • Magma: 75: The Loss Issue, edited by Adam Lowe and Yvonne Reddick (Magma Poetry, 2019)
  • Best British Poetry 2015, edited by Roddy Lumsden (Salt Publishing, 2015)
  • SPOKE: New Queer Voices (as editor) (Fruit Bruise Press, 2015)
  • Ten: The New Wave, edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf (Bloodaxe Books, 2014)
  • LS13: A New Generation of Leeds Writers, edited by Wes Brown (Valley Press, 2013)
  • Black and Gay in the UK, edited by John R. Gordon and Rikki Beadle Blair (Team Angelica Publishing, 2014)
  • Best New Writing 2012: The Winners of the Eric Hoffer Prize for Prose (Hopewell Publications, 2012)
  • Precocious (Fruit Bruise Press, 2012)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Adam Lowe – Enabler – Greater Manchester – Bio". Sheffield. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Adam Lowe – Bio". Leeds. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Ahad, Nick (19 January 2014). "Melting pot luck". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Adam Lowe: Ecstasies – Review – Reviews, Literature". Vada Magazine. Manchester, UK. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Artistic Horizons presents a conversation with Adam Lowe and Dr. Leanne Haynes – Features, Literature". ARC Magazine. London. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Adam Lowe – Bio". Academia.edu. Leeds. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. ^ McCann, Paul (22 March 1999). "25 years on, a new family lets cameras enter their lives". The Independent. from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Slang, Spectrums and Serious Drag – from OX Magazine". www.oxmag.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "Adam Lowe | Peepal Tree Press". www.peepaltreepress.com. January 1985. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. ^ a b Kingdon, Caroline; Lowe, Adam; Shepherd, Charles; Nacul, Luis (December 2022). "What Primary Care Practitioners Need to Know about the New NICE Guideline for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adults". Healthcare. 10 (12): 2438. doi:10.3390/healthcare10122438. ISSN 2227-9032. PMC 9778354. PMID 36553962.
  11. ^ a b c d "Patterflash by Adam Lowe". Peepal Tree Press. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  12. ^ a b c cipendragon (26 February 2021). "Queer Tales: Myths and Monsters". Stories from the Museum Floor (Manchester Museum). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. ^ "BAWC16 PROGRAMME – Programme". Cultureword: Black Writers Conference. Manchester. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  14. ^ . London. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  15. ^ a b "New Stages 2008 – News". University of Leeds. Leeds. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  16. ^ Steel, Jim. "Polluto #2". British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  17. ^ "DIGITISE THIS by Adam Lowe – News". Electric Literature. New York. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  18. ^ a b c "Adam Lowe – Bio". Inscribe Writers. Leeds. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  19. ^ "22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards – News". Lambda Literary. New York. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Troglodyte Rose: A Rose in Any Other Game – Adam Lowe – Wattpad". Wattpad. Toronto. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Composers+ Poets Showcase at Leeds Lieder+ – News". Bachtrack. London. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  22. ^ a b c d RO42 (23 July 2012). "Guardian First Book Award reader nominations: Precocious by Adam Lowe – News". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  23. ^ Adam Lowe; Chris Kelso (2012). Terror Scribes. Lulo.com. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-907133-34-3.
  24. ^ "Leeds poet joins chosen dozen to see Olympic poem displayed – News". Yorkshire Evening Post. Leeds. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  25. ^ "National Lottery's 12 Poets of 2012 Visit Olympic Park". Getty Images. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  26. ^ Chorus: A Literary Mixtape – MTV Books/Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster. ASIN 1451649835.
  27. ^ Makoha, Nick. "News: Complete Works II". nickmakoha.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  28. ^ a b Lake, John (30 September 2013). "LS13: A New Generation of Leeds Writers edited by Wes Brown". The Culture Vulture. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  29. ^ "LS13: A New Generation of Leeds Writers". Big Bookend. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  30. ^ a b Bryant, Steph (2 September 2013). "Review: LS13". The Readersphere. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  31. ^ a b "Poem of the week: Vada That by Adam Lowe – Features, Books, Poetry". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  32. ^ "Bare Essentials – Encompass Productions, Amersham Arms – Review, Theatre". theatre bubble. London. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  33. ^ . London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  34. ^ "Out of Bounds: Adam Lowe – News, Videos". London. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  35. ^ "Poem of the Week: 'Bone Railroad' By Adam Lowe – Features, Literature". The Yorkshire Times. Leeds. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  36. ^ Manchester Queens Pride Show Premiere, retrieved 22 March 2023
  37. ^ Beyonce Holes Pride Black Lives Matter performance, retrieved 22 March 2023
  38. ^ "RAMM partners with Museum of Colour on their exhibition 'My Words'". RAMM. Exeter. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  39. ^ "Seasoning by Adam Lowe". Museum of Colour. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  40. ^ "The World Reimagined: A Poetic Journey of Discovery". The World Reimagined. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  41. ^ "Adam Lowe • Bocas Lit Fest". Bocas Lit Fest. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  42. ^ a b "Patterflash by Adam Lowe". Peepal Tree Press. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  43. ^ "Ten: The New Wave, ed. by Karen McCarthy Woolf". Sabotage. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  44. ^ Niche, Novel (10 June 2018). ""Traces of Invasion" – Adam Lowe". Novel Niche. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  45. ^ "Poem Of The Week: 'Bone Railroad' By Adam Lowe". Yorkshire Times. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  46. ^ "Review of More Fiya by Kayo Chingonyi". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  47. ^ "Three recently published volumes of queer poetry". TLS. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  48. ^ "DJ GRH & Paul Maddox Feat. Adam Lowe – Some Justice". Discogs. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  49. ^ "Meet Our New One-to-One Tutors! – News". London: Poetry School. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  50. ^ "Our workshop facilitators – News". London. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  51. ^ Adam Lowe, 'Alumni Profile: Alison Lowe', Leeds: The Magazine for Alumni of the University of Leeds, 19 (2018), 35.
  52. ^ "Young Enigma – publications". youngenigma.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  53. ^ "Young Enigma – Progress, a poetry tour of Manchester by Andrew McMillan". youngenigma.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  54. ^ Mackenzie-Smith, Stevie (28 January 2014). "Queer Contact: Partying political". Creative Tourist. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  55. ^ "Young Enigma – Events". youngenigma.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  56. ^ Mullen, Alice (3 March 2023). "ANNOUNCING THE SUMMER SELECTIONS". The Poetry Book Society. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website

November 23, 2023
adam, lowe, writer, american, politician, adam, lowe, adam, lowe, born, 1985, british, writer, performer, publisher, from, leeds, though, currently, lives, manchester, lgbt, history, month, poet, laureate, yorkshire, poet, 2012, county, selected, poet, 2012, o. For the American politician see J Adam Lowe Adam Lowe born 1985 is a British writer performer and publisher from Leeds though he currently lives in Manchester He is the UK s LGBT History Month Poet Laureate 2 and was Yorkshire s Poet for 2012 the county s selected poet for the 2012 Olympics 3 He writes poetry plays and fiction and he occasionally performs as Beyonce Holes 4 Adam LoweBorn1985 age 37 38 Leeds EnglandOccupationWriter publisher performer teacher 1 NationalityBritishAlma materUniversity of LeedsPeriod2002 presentGenrePoetry plays fiction novel short story science fictionSubjectBlack British LGBT disabledNotable worksPrecociousWebsiteadam lowe wbr com Contents 1 Biography 2 Writing publishing and performance 3 Literary reception 4 Songwriting 5 Teaching and mentoring 6 Awards and honours 7 Bibliography 8 References 9 External linksBiography editAdam Lowe is of Black Caribbean St Kitts British and Irish descent 5 He is the son of Councillor Alison Lowe and like her graduated with both a BA and MA from the University of Leeds 6 His family was the subject of the 1999 ITV docu soap Family Life Lion TV 7 He describes himself as genderfluid but primarily uses he his pronouns except when in drag 8 9 Writing publishing and performance editAdam Lowe writes about disability 10 LGBT experiences 11 the lives of mixed race Black British communities 3 and the intersections between them 8 12 Lowe is the UK s first LGBT History Month Poet Laureate founded and runs Young Enigma a writer development project for young writers is Editor in Chief of Vada Magazine and Dog Horn Publishing and is Publicity Officer for Peepal Tree Press 2 1 Lowe has performed around the world at a variety of venues festivals and conferences 2 1 including the Black and Asian Writers Conference 13 and is chair of Black Gold Arts 9 He is an advocate for LGBT rights and sits on the management committee for Schools OUT UK the charity that founded LGBT History Month in the UK 14 He was formerly Features Editor for Bent Magazine and Editor of a speculative fiction magazine called Polluto 15 16 In 2010 he was writer in residence at I Love West Leeds Arts Festival in Armley the area where he was raised as the son of a local councillor 17 He studied under Madani Younis at Freedom Studios in Leeds sister city Bradford 18 He was also announced as a finalist for the 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards with his novella Troglodyte Rose later a selection from the book would be a Wattpad featured story getting over 190 000 reads 19 20 In 2011 Lowe was writer on attachment at West Yorkshire Playhouse and partnered with composer Nikki Franklin for Leeds Lieder at Leeds College of Music before the two collaborated on a new work Mary for the BBC Singers 21 In 2012 his pamphlet Precocious Fruit Bruise Press was a reader nomination for the Guardian First Book Prize which the publication described as A vivid picture of emotions deeply felt but with a clear eyed view of the ways we humans live love and sometimes betray 22 He also had a residency at Zion Arts Centre 23 18 That year he was Yorkshire s poet for the 12 Poets of 2012 scheme celebrating the 2012 Olympics and the 2012 Cultural Olympiad where he visited boxer Anthony Ogogo on a training session to inspire the writing of an Olympic themed poem for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 24 3 The final poem was performed by the National Lottery Draw Show s Voice of the Balls Alan Dedicoat at the National Lottery Plot in the Olympic Park on 3 September 2012 25 Lowe rounded the year off with inclusion in MTV Books Chorus A Literary Mixtape edited by Saul Williams and Dufflyn Lammers 26 In 2013 he was announced as one of 10 Black and Asian advanced poets for The Complete Works II founded by Bernardine Evaristo with Mona Arshi Jay Bernard Kayo Chingonyi Rishi Dastidar Edward Doegar Inua Ellams Sarah Howe Eileen Pun and Warsan Shire which resulted in the anthology Ten The New Wave edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf 27 He was mentored on the programme by Patience Agbabi 18 He also made the list of 20 under 40 writers in Leeds for the LS13 Awards 28 29 where Lowe was given as an example of the non conformist and boundary breaking approach to writing in Leeds 30 In 2014 he toured his solo show Ecstasies which began at Contact Theatre s Queer Contact 2 He performed a poem about cruising for 4thought tv on Channel 4 5 In 2015 his Polari poem Vada That was selected as The Guardian Poem of the Week 31 His play Friend Roulette ran for a week at the Amersham Arms in London 32 The play received a four star review in Theatre Bubble describing the play as a comment on the real life app Grindr where users meet for sex and chance encounters The intensity of the meetings that can only be virtual and therefore not real The Guardian referred to the short play in published form as a fine playlet 22 In 2017 he performed with composer Nikki Franklin in the Speaker s Chambers at the House of Commons for LGBT History Month 33 In 2018 9 he featured in the British Library s Windrush Stories exhibition performing a poem based on the Lord s Prayer 34 In 2019 his poem Bone Railroad about slavery and the Middle Passage was selected as Poem of the Week by The Yorkshire Times 35 In 2021 he contributed a poem called Writing Myself in History and performed a lip sync of Regina Spektor s Us for Manchester Museum as part of Pride Month 12 The poem and performance explore ideas of queering the archive and contested ownership 12 As Beyonce Holes he also performed at the Manchester Pride at Home event with Cheddar Gorgeous doing a number inspired by BlackLivesMatter to Nina Simone s Sinnerman 36 37 In June 2022 Lowe performed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter with Mona Arshi Victoria Adukwei Bulley Fred D Aguiar Jennifer Lee Tsai Shivanee Ramlochan Jacob Sam La Rose John Siddique Yomi Sode and Yusra Warsama as part of the My Words collaboration with the Museum of Colour curated by Melanie Abrahams The poets were accompanied by live music and vocals from Randolph Matthews 38 As part of the My Words programme Lowe also contributed a poem called Seasoning to the Museum of Colour inspired by a set of chains used in the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans 39 In October 2022 he edited the anthology The World Reimagined featuring 30 poets including Anthony Joseph Benjamin Zephaniah Dorothea Smartt John Agard Karen McCarthy Woolf Kadija Sesay Khadijah Ibrahiim Malika Booker Marvin Thompson Otis Mensah Raymond Antrobus Shara McCallum Shivanee Ramlochan Tanya Shirley and others 40 In December 2022 Lowe co authored the scientific paper What Primary Care Practitioners Need to Know about the New NICE Guideline for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adults in the journal Healthcare writing as a lay person with lived experience of ME CFS 10 Also in 2022 Peepal Tree Press announced Lowe s forthcoming debut full length poetry collection Patterflash as a collection which connects the poet as a wry humane observer of the scene particularly as conducted in Manchester and the persona of Adam Lowe as both actor in and narrator of his own dramas who performs exults and sometimes suffers in a wide range of guises and disguises 11 The collection includes several poems in Polari and will be published on 1 June 2023 8 11 In 2023 Lowe was announced as one of the authors in attendance at Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad the first fully in person festival for four years He will give a workshop on intimacy in poetry as well as a reading with Andre Bagoo and Padraig Regan 41 Literary reception editPatience Agbabi said of Lowe s debut collection Patterflash Effervescent with verbal velocity buzzing with innuendo and insight often pithy sometimes poignant Patterflash is a lovesong to language Adam Lowe switches brilliantly between registers from Polari to Yorkshire vernacular to everything in between The effect is thrilling This unique debut demands a standing ovation I loved it 42 Andrew McMillan described it as A collection of ecstatic queer hymns that walk us through Leeds through Manchester with the unique language of being young and queer in the north 42 Carol Rumens of The Guardian describes Adam Lowe as a versatile and widely published young writer 31 In 2012 the readers for the Guardian First Book Prize described Lowe s chapbook Precocious as A vivid picture of emotions deeply felt but with a clear eyed view of the ways we humans live love and sometimes betray 22 In 2013 Lowe was given as an example of the non conformist and boundary breaking approach to writing in Leeds when recognising his work at the LS13 Awards 30 In 2014 Sohini Basak of Sabotage Reviews wrote of Lowe s poems in Ten The New Wave edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf Bloodaxe Adam Lowe also merges the then with the now reworking Sappho stories from the Bible and Babylon seamlessly in subversive narratives claiming them as personal and political points of protest 43 In 2015 a four star review of his play Friend Roulette in Theatre Bubble said Friend Roulette by LGBT writer Adam Lowe directed by Rachel Owens sheds light on a gay friendship that is pushed by society inhibitions fear into the confines of a chat room Friend Roulette But it could also be a comment on the real life app Grindr where users meet for sex and chance encounters The intensity of the meetings that can only be virtual and therefore not real for one of the friends played by Robert Wallis causes him to break free for the real world leaving his internet friend Jonathan Woodhouse stuck in the hell of a darkened room The Guardian referred to the short play in published form as a fine playlet that the reviewer was very impressed by 22 In 2018 poet Shivanee Ramlochan wrote of Lowe s poem Traces of Invasion on her website Novel Niche Lowe serves us these trifle and gunsmoke slices of revelation of bitter disappointment and brined satisfaction clean and clear and right between the eyes It isn t easy for a poem to do this to wind itself around you without the commonly perceived artifice of poetic apparatus 44 In a 2019 review for The Yorkshire Times Steve Whitaker writes of Lowe s Middle Passage elegy Kennaway s metier is reinvented in Adam Lowe s fine poem of restorative commemoration Bone Railroad 45 Publishers Weekly in reviewing More Fiya refers to the anthology s varied poems as like the funny thing that Adam Lowe calls desire complex surprising and radical in both theme and structure and whole in their moments of fragility and strength 46 Poet Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa said of one of Lowe s poems in Filigree I am in awe of Boy Machine I was tipping towards the edge of my chair willing this brave soul s flight to end in a more satisfying outcome than Icarus The storytelling is breathtaking I could feel my bones consulting with my DNA to negotiate if I could grow wings for a brief moment My bones settled for a re reading 9 In 2023 Lloyd Meadhbh Houston wrote for The Times Literary Supplement about one of Lowe s poems in the anthology 100 Queer Poems Adam Lowe s Vada That exuberantly resuscitates the now defunct queer cryptolect Polari to offer a portrait of a bimbo bit of hard on the cruise for trade 47 Songwriting editIn 2006 Lowe wrote the lyrics and performed the vocals for a hard house trance single called Some Justice with DJ GRH amp Paul Maddox 15 48 Teaching and mentoring editLowe has taught for The Poetry School 49 English PEN 50 the University of Leeds and the University of Central Lancashire 51 Through Young Enigma he has worked with and supported writers such as Andrew McMillan and Afshan D souza Lodhi 52 53 Young Enigma writers have performed alongside Patience Agbabi Gerry Potter and Jackie Kay 54 55 He was a Slate Enabler for Eclipse Theatre advocating for BAME artists in Greater Manchester and is currently chair of Black Gold Arts a charity which primarily mentors and supports QTIPOC artists in Greater Manchester 1 Awards and honours edit2023 Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Patterflash Summer 2023 56 2013 LGBT History Month Poet Laureate 2013 LS13 Awards 20 best writers under 40 in Leeds 28 2012 Yorkshire s Poet for 2012Bibliography editPatterflash Peepal Tree Press 2023 11 100 Queer Poems edited by Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan Vintage 2022 More Fiya A New Collection of Black British Poetry edited by Kayo Chingonyi Canongate 2021 Magma 75 The Loss Issue edited by Adam Lowe and Yvonne Reddick Magma Poetry 2019 Best British Poetry 2015 edited by Roddy Lumsden Salt Publishing 2015 SPOKE New Queer Voices as editor Fruit Bruise Press 2015 Ten The New Wave edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf Bloodaxe Books 2014 LS13 A New Generation of Leeds Writers edited by Wes Brown Valley Press 2013 Black and Gay in the UK edited by John R Gordon and Rikki Beadle Blair Team Angelica Publishing 2014 Best New Writing 2012 The Winners of the Eric Hoffer Prize for Prose Hopewell Publications 2012 Precocious Fruit Bruise Press 2012 References edit a b c d Adam Lowe Enabler Greater Manchester Bio Sheffield Retrieved 16 July 2019 a b c d Adam Lowe Bio Leeds Retrieved 16 July 2019 a b c Ahad Nick 19 January 2014 Melting pot luck The Yorkshire Post Retrieved 20 November 2019 Adam Lowe Ecstasies Review Reviews Literature Vada Magazine Manchester UK Retrieved 16 July 2019 a b Artistic Horizons presents a conversation with Adam Lowe and Dr Leanne Haynes Features Literature ARC Magazine London Retrieved 16 July 2019 Adam Lowe Bio Academia edu Leeds Retrieved 16 July 2019 McCann Paul 22 March 1999 25 years on a new family lets cameras enter their lives The Independent Archived from the original on 9 November 2018 Retrieved 20 November 2019 a b c Slang Spectrums and Serious Drag from OX Magazine www oxmag co uk Retrieved 22 March 2023 a b c Adam Lowe Peepal Tree Press www peepaltreepress com January 1985 Retrieved 22 March 2023 a b Kingdon Caroline Lowe Adam Shepherd Charles Nacul Luis December 2022 What Primary Care Practitioners Need to Know about the New NICE Guideline for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adults Healthcare 10 12 2438 doi 10 3390 healthcare10122438 ISSN 2227 9032 PMC 9778354 PMID 36553962 a b c d Patterflash by Adam Lowe Peepal Tree Press Retrieved 1 October 2022 a b c cipendragon 26 February 2021 Queer Tales Myths and Monsters Stories from the Museum Floor Manchester Museum Retrieved 22 March 2023 BAWC16 PROGRAMME Programme Cultureword Black Writers Conference Manchester Retrieved 16 July 2019 institutionally ableist Schools OUT s Adam Lowe on the ME Scandal News London Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 Retrieved 16 July 2019 a b New Stages 2008 News University of Leeds Leeds Retrieved 16 July 2019 Steel Jim Polluto 2 British Fantasy Society Retrieved 21 November 2019 DIGITISE THIS by Adam Lowe News Electric Literature New York 19 August 2010 Retrieved 16 July 2019 a b c Adam Lowe Bio Inscribe Writers Leeds Retrieved 16 July 2019 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards News Lambda Literary New York 10 May 2010 Retrieved 15 November 2019 Troglodyte Rose A Rose in Any Other Game Adam Lowe Wattpad Wattpad Toronto Retrieved 15 November 2019 Composers Poets Showcase at Leeds Lieder News Bachtrack London 12 October 2011 Retrieved 16 July 2019 a b c d RO42 23 July 2012 Guardian First Book Award reader nominations Precocious by Adam Lowe News The Guardian London Retrieved 16 July 2019 Adam Lowe Chris Kelso 2012 Terror Scribes Lulo com p 238 ISBN 978 1 907133 34 3 Leeds poet joins chosen dozen to see Olympic poem displayed News Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds Retrieved 16 July 2019 National Lottery s 12 Poets of 2012 Visit Olympic Park Getty Images 3 September 2012 Retrieved 20 November 2019 Chorus A Literary Mixtape MTV Books Simon amp Schuster Simon amp Schuster ASIN 1451649835 Makoha Nick News Complete Works II nickmakoha com Retrieved 20 November 2019 a b Lake John 30 September 2013 LS13 A New Generation of Leeds Writers edited by Wes Brown The Culture Vulture Retrieved 21 November 2019 LS13 A New Generation of Leeds Writers Big Bookend Retrieved 21 November 2019 a b Bryant Steph 2 September 2013 Review LS13 The Readersphere Retrieved 21 November 2019 a b Poem of the week Vada That by Adam Lowe Features Books Poetry The Guardian London Retrieved 16 July 2019 Bare Essentials Encompass Productions Amersham Arms Review Theatre theatre bubble London Retrieved 16 July 2019 Parliament s Speaker s Chamber Goes Rainbow to Launch LGBT History Month 2017 News London Archived from the original on 18 June 2017 Retrieved 16 July 2019 Out of Bounds Adam Lowe News Videos London Retrieved 16 July 2019 Poem of the Week Bone Railroad By Adam Lowe Features Literature The Yorkshire Times Leeds Retrieved 16 July 2019 Manchester Queens Pride Show Premiere retrieved 22 March 2023 Beyonce Holes Pride Black Lives Matter performance retrieved 22 March 2023 RAMM partners with Museum of Colour on their exhibition My Words RAMM Exeter Retrieved 1 October 2022 Seasoning by Adam Lowe Museum of Colour Retrieved 1 October 2022 The World Reimagined A Poetic Journey of Discovery The World Reimagined Retrieved 22 March 2023 Adam Lowe Bocas Lit Fest Bocas Lit Fest Retrieved 22 March 2023 a b Patterflash by Adam Lowe Peepal Tree Press Retrieved 1 October 2022 Ten The New Wave ed by Karen McCarthy Woolf Sabotage 2 December 2014 Retrieved 22 March 2023 Niche Novel 10 June 2018 Traces of Invasion Adam Lowe Novel Niche Retrieved 22 March 2023 Poem Of The Week Bone Railroad By Adam Lowe Yorkshire Times Retrieved 22 March 2023 Review of More Fiya by Kayo Chingonyi Publishers Weekly Retrieved 22 March 2023 Three recently published volumes of queer poetry TLS Retrieved 22 March 2023 DJ GRH amp Paul Maddox Feat Adam Lowe Some Justice Discogs 21 September 2006 Retrieved 20 November 2019 Meet Our New One to One Tutors News London Poetry School Retrieved 16 July 2019 Our workshop facilitators News London Retrieved 16 July 2019 Adam Lowe Alumni Profile Alison Lowe Leeds The Magazine for Alumni of the University of Leeds 19 2018 35 Young Enigma publications youngenigma com Retrieved 20 November 2019 Young Enigma Progress a poetry tour of Manchester by Andrew McMillan youngenigma com Retrieved 20 November 2019 Mackenzie Smith Stevie 28 January 2014 Queer Contact Partying political Creative Tourist Retrieved 20 November 2019 Young Enigma Events youngenigma com Retrieved 20 November 2019 Mullen Alice 3 March 2023 ANNOUNCING THE SUMMER SELECTIONS The Poetry Book Society Retrieved 22 March 2023 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adam Lowe writer amp oldid 1182915221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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