Pronouns: he/him
Sexuality: Queer
Gender identity: Genderfluid
Born: August 1985, Leeds, England
Field: Literature, Performance, Activism

Summary
Adam Lowe is a British writer, poet, and performer known for his intersectional work centering queerness, race, regional identity, and disability. A genderfluid and mixed-race artist of Black Caribbean (Kittitian), Irish, and English heritage, Lowe explores hybridity and marginalization through a distinctive poetic and performative voice. He is also a champion of working-class and Northern voices in UK arts.

Notable achievements

• Named LGBT+ History Month Poet Laureate in 2017
• Founder of Dog Horn Publishing, which promotes underrepresented writers
• Served as writer-in-residence at Keats House and for Schools OUT UK
• Published in major anthologies such as Ten: The New Wave, Verse Matters, and Black and Gay in the UK
• Finalist or nominee for multiple awards, including the Manchester Writing Competition and Diva Literary Awards
• Performs spoken word and drag under the stage name Beyonce Holes

Activism and impact
Lowe advocates for inclusive and accessible cultural spaces that honor intersections of identity. His work has contributed to greater visibility of Black British and queer disabled voices, particularly within poetry and performance. He frequently speaks and writes on the politics of publishing, education, and cultural inclusion.

📚 Books and Chapbooks

• Patterflash (Peepal Tree Press, 2023)
• Precious Cargo (with Sue Shaw, Fruit Bruise Press, 2013)
• Precocious (Fruit Bruise Press, 2012; revised 2015)
• lavenderblack (Fruit Bruise Press, 2010) [out of print]
• Clutching at Seashells (Fruit Bruise Press, 2009) [out of print]
• Borrowed Time (Fruit Bruise Press, 2009) [out of print]
• Troglodyte Rose (Cadaverine Publications, 2009) [out of print]

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🧾 Novelette

• Monster (Dead Ink Press, 2013) [out of print]

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✍️ Editorial Work

• The World Reimagined (editor, The World Reimagined, 2022)
• Spoke: Queer Young Writers (editor, Dog Horn Publishing, 2015)
• Terror Scribes (editor, with Chris Kelso, Dog Horn Publishing, 2012)
• Cabala (editor, Dog Horn Publishing, 2010)
• Bite Me, Robot Boy (editor, Dog Horn Publishing, 2009)

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📖 Anthology Contributions

• 100 Queer Poems, ed. by Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan (Vintage, 2022)
• More Fiya: A New Collection of Black British Poetry, ed. by Kayo Chingonyi (Canongate, 2021)
• Filigree, ed. by Nii Parkes (Inscribe/Peepal Tree Press, 2018)
• Noble Dissent (Beautiful Dragons Press, 2018) – “Marsha P. Johnson over New York Pride”
• Not a Drop: Just Oceans of Poetry (Beautiful Dragons Press, 2017) – “Bird in an Oil Slick”
• My Dear Watson: The Very Elements in Poetry (Beautiful Dragons Press, 2016) – “Zirconium”
• Best Poems 2015 (Salt Publishing, 2015) – “Vada That”
• Ten: The New Wave (Bloodaxe Books, 2014)
• Black and Gay in the UK (Team Angelica Publishing, 2014)
• Tangled Roots (Tangled Roots Press, 2014) – “Maroon” (memoir)
• Flicker & Spark: A Contemporary Queer Anthology of Spoken Word and Poetry, ed. by Regie Cabico & Brittany Fonte
• Sweet Tongues: Crocus Book of Food Poems (Crocus Books, 2013) – “Fruit”
• LS13: A New Generation of Leeds Writers, ed. by Wes Brown (Valley Press, 2013)
• Chorus: A Literary Mixtape, ed. by Saul Williams (MTV Books/Simon & Schuster, 2012) – “Fruit”
• Best New Writing 2012, ed. by Christopher Klim (Hopewell Publications) – “Pomegranate”
• Shiny Black Thing (Punk Ass Kids Productions, 2010)
• Killing Bob Marley (Punk Ass Kids Productions, 2009)
• Chimeraworld 5 (Chimericana Books, 2008)

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🗞️ Journals and Notable Poems

• Magma 75: The Loss Issue, co-editor with Yvonne Reddick (Magma Poetry, 2019)
• “Vada That” – The Guardian Poem of the Week (2015)

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🧠 Essays

• “From Wings to Cyberspace: Teledildonics and the Gendered Body” (eSharp, University of Glasgow)

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🎭 Plays and Performance Works

• Flydd
• Bone Railroad: From Huracan to Harewood
• The Bride Stripped Bare and Other Grotesqueries (executive producer)
• To Market, To Market (co-writer, producer)
• Friend Roulette
• A Pleasant Sunday Afternoon (co-writer)
• Deep Blue Skin
• Boys
• Power
• Spirit
• Iris: A Redneck Redbirth (co-writer)

“I write to make space for people like me, people who are often erased, silenced, or overlooked.”