Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin was a local art student and became associated with the group through her then-boyfriend, Childish. In 1995 in an interview in the Minky Manky show catalogue by Carl Freedman, when asked, "Which person do you think has had the greatest influence on your life?" She replied, "Uhmm... It's not a person really. It was more a time, going to Maidstone College of Art, hanging around with Billy Childish, living by the River Medway."
She took part in some of the later poetry performances. On one such occasion at the Gravesend Adult Education Centre (Victoria Centre) she walked onto the stage in a mac. After a period of indecision, she removed it to reveal a pink basque and stockings, and read out poems by Childish, who in the meantime had fled from the room.
Her first book of writing was "'edited' into reasonable shape" by (Bill) Lewis, printed by Thomson and published by Childish as Six Turkish Tales (Hangman 1987).
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