Roz Kaveney
Roz Kaveney (born 1949) is a writer, critic, and poet, best known for her critical works about pop culture and for being a core member of the "Midnight Rose" fantasy wrting collective.[1][2] Kaveney's works include fiction and non-fiction, poetry, reviewing, and editing.[3]
Biography
Kaveney attended Pembroke College, Oxford, where she participated in a poetry group that had a particular interest in Martian poetry and shared a flat with Christopher Reid. She gave up poetry in her twenties, not resuming it until she reached her sixties. Kaveney's poetry was originally written in a rhythmic free verse, although her work later shifted into formalism. For a time she earned a living as a sex worker and in later years has worked as a transgender rights activist.[4]
Kaveney has contributed to several newspapers such as The Independent and The Guardian. She is also a founding member of Feminists Against Censorship and a former deputy chair of Liberty. She is deputy editor of the transgender-related magazine META.
References
- ↑ http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&old=1&id=13303 "Survivor of the superheroes" Kaveney talks new book" Comic Book Resources
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008z6d4 Laurie Taylor "Superheroes - Ribbon Culture" BBC Radio 4
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