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'''Kathleen (Kate) Braid''' (born [[March 19]], [[1947]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] poet.
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'''Kathleen (Kate) Braid''' (born March 19, 1947) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] poet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QDYhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_VsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6191,2955799&dq=kate+braid&hl=en|title=Poet Who Writes About Working Women To Visit|date=November 16, 1994|work=North Island Gazette|page=B6|accessdate=10 July 2012}}</ref> Born in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], she was raised in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], and graduated from [[Mount Allison University]]. Her poems and personal essays have been widely printed and anthologized. She lives in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]].


==Awards and honours==
Born in [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], [[Alberta]], she was raised in [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]], [[Quebec]], and attended [[Mount Allison University]] and [[Simon Fraser University]]. Her first collection of poetry, ''Covering Rough Ground'' (1991), was awarded the [[Pat Lowther Award]].
Her poetry has won several awards including the [[Pat Lowther Award]] for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman and the Vancity Book Prize.


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==Bibliography==
She lives in [[Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]].
;Poetry
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* ''Covering Rough Ground'' (Polestar, 1991)
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* ''To This Cedar Fountain'' (Polestar, 1995)
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* ''Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Carr'' (Polestar, 1998)
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* ''In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry'' (Polestar, 2005; Ed., with [http://shreve.shawwebspace.ca Sandy Shreve])
* ''A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems'' (Caitlin, 2008)
* ''Turning Left to the Ladies'' (Palimpsest, 2009)


;Poetry Chapbooks
Currently she is considered to be very influential to the face of modern BC lit.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} Her work ''To the Cedar Fountain'' is being taught in English 110 at the [[University of British Columbia]].{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
* ''Small Songs'' (Hawthorne Society, 1994)
* ''A Woman's Fingerprint'' ({m}Other Tongue Press, 1997)


;Non-fiction
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==Bibliography==
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* ''Red Bait! Struggle of a Mine Mill Local'' with Al King (Kingbird, 1998)
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* ''Covering Rough Ground'' (1991)
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* ''Red Bait! Struggle of a Mine Mill Local'' (1993; with Al King)
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* ''To This Cedar Fountain'' (1995)
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* ''Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Carr'' (1998)
* ''Emily Carr: Rebel Artist'' (2000)
* ''Emily Carr: Rebel Artist'' (2000)
* ''The Fish Come In Dancing: Stories from the West-Coast Fishery'' (2002)
* ''The Fish Come In Dancing: Stories from the West-Coast Fishery'' (Ed., Strawberry Hill, 2002)

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* ''In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry'' (2005, with [[Sandy Shreve]]).
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:23, 15 April 2024

Kate Braid
Born (1947-03-19) March 19, 1947 (age 77)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)poet,writer

Kathleen (Kate) Braid (born March 19, 1947) is a Canadian poet.[1] Born in Calgary, Alberta, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec, and graduated from Mount Allison University. Her poems and personal essays have been widely printed and anthologized. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Awards and honours[edit]

Her poetry has won several awards including the Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman and the Vancity Book Prize.

Bibliography[edit]

Poetry
  • Covering Rough Ground (Polestar, 1991)
  • To This Cedar Fountain (Polestar, 1995)
  • Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Carr (Polestar, 1998)
  • In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (Polestar, 2005; Ed., with Sandy Shreve)
  • A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems (Caitlin, 2008)
  • Turning Left to the Ladies (Palimpsest, 2009)
Poetry Chapbooks
  • Small Songs (Hawthorne Society, 1994)
  • A Woman's Fingerprint ({m}Other Tongue Press, 1997)
Non-fiction
  • Red Bait! Struggle of a Mine Mill Local with Al King (Kingbird, 1998)
  • Emily Carr: Rebel Artist (2000)
  • The Fish Come In Dancing: Stories from the West-Coast Fishery (Ed., Strawberry Hill, 2002)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Poet Who Writes About Working Women To Visit". North Island Gazette. November 16, 1994. p. B6. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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