Rough Ground Revisited
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2015
- Category
- Women Authors, Canadian, Carpentry
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781927575932
- Publish Date
- Aug 2015
- List Price
- $18.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781987915129
- Publish Date
- Nov 2015
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
Covering Rough Ground, Kate Braid’s first book, was published in 1991 and awarded the Pat Lowther Award for Best Book of Poetry by a Canadian Woman. Since then Kate has written extensively in prose, poetry and on CBC Radio about her and other women’s experiences in the construction trades. Her work has been highly praised by women in almost every line of male-dominated work including lawyers, accountants and engineers, and she is in wide demand as a speaker and writer on the subject of women in non-traditional work.
After publishing her memoir, Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World, in 2012, it seemed appropriate to return to the first poems with the release of a second edition, Rough Ground Revisited. In this new edition, some of the original poems have been replaced with new ones that explore-in slightly more gritty fashion but still with humour, compassion and a wise eye-her experiences and the impact of that crucial time in her life.
About the author
Kate Braid worked as a receptionist, secretary, teacher’s aide, lumber piler, construction labourer, apprentice and journey-carpenter before finally “settling down”? as a teacher. She has taught construction and creative writing, the latter in workshops and also at SFU, UBC and for ten years at Vancouver Island University (previously Malaspina University-College). She is the author of A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems, Covering Rough Ground, To This Cedar Fountain and Inward to the Bones: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Journey with Emily Carr. In 2005 she co-edited, with Sandy Shreve, In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry. Braid’s second book of poems about her carpentry experiences, Turning Left to the Ladies, was published by Palimpsest Press. She lives in Burnaby, BC, with her partner.
Awards
- Winner, Pat Lowther Award for Best Book of Poetry by a Canadian Woman
Other titles by
The Erotics of Cutting Grass
Essays on a Well-Loved Life
Hammer & Nail
Notes of a Journeywoman
Elemental
In Fine Form
The Canadian Book of Form Poetry
Covering Rough Ground
Canadian Artists Bundle
Emily Carr / Tom Thomson / James Wilson Morrice
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–5
Emma Albani / Emily Carr / George Grant / Jacques Plante / John Diefenbaker
Journeywoman
Swinging a Hammer in a Man's World
To This Cedar Fountain
Inward to the Bones
Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Carr
