Sophie Sleigh-Johnson is a Southend-on-Sea-based writer. She holds a PhD from Goldsmiths College, London, where she now teaches as an Associate Lecturer in Fine Art Critical Studies. Her performance work, comprising sound collage and spoken word with printmaking props, occasions numerous performances both nationally and internationally. She writes for publications including the Darkside, the Leigh Times, and the London Drinker. https://www.sophiesleigh-johnson.co.uk

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