Kate Fox (writer)
Kathryn Fox | |
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| Born | 31 May 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Poet, Comedian |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Loughborough University |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds (PhD) |
| Thesis | Resistance in solo stand-up performance by Northern English women marginalised on the basis of gender, class and regional identity (2018) |
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| Discipline | class, gender, comedy, identity |
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| Website | katefox |
Kate Fox is a British poet, author and comedian, who lives in North Yorkshire. Her poetry residencies have included: Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 from 2007–14, the Yorkshire Festival, 2014, the Glastonbury Festival 2013 and the Great North Run, 2011. She also writes topical and personal pieces for Standard Issue magazine and The Journal newspaper. Fox has performed her poetry on BBC One and BBC Two as well as numerous radio shows. She has supported acts including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hollie McNish, John Cooper Clarke and John Hegley and is a headline act in her own right.