Emily Carr, 1871-1945.
Kate Braid
Kate Braid holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She also holds an interprovincial trades qualification certificate in Construction Carpentry. She worked as a labourer, apprentice, and journey carpenter from 1977-1991.
In 1999, Kate Braid’s third book of poems, Inward to the Bones: Georgia O’Keefe’s Journey with Emily Carr, won the VanCity Book Prize for the best book on women’s issues. Her 1995 book To This Cedar Fountain was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and her first poetry title, Covering Rough Ground, won the 1991 Pat Lowther Memorial Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. She has prepared two one-hour documentaries for CBC Radio, Ideas. Her poems, essays, and nonfiction writing have been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Her first nonfiction book, Red Bait! Struggles of a Mine Mill Local, was published in 1998.
Kate Braid has worked extensively as a teacher, consultant, and speaker. Since 1998 she has been employed as a Creative Writing instructor at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo, B.C.
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Lynne Bowen, Robert Dunsmuir: Laird of the Mines.
William Chalmers, George Mercer Dawson: Geologist, Scientist, Explorer.
Betty Keller, Pauline Johnson: First Aboriginal Voice of Canada.
Dave Margoshes, Tommy Douglas: Building the New Society.
John Wilson, Norman Bethune: A Life of Passionate Conviction.
Rachel Wyatt, Agnes Macphail: Champion of the Underdog.
Emily Carr
Emily CARR
REBEL ARTIST
Copyright © 2000 by Kate Braid and XYZ Publishing.
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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Braid, Kate, 1947-
Emily Carr : rebel artist
(The Quest Library ; 6)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-9683601-6-5
1. Carr, Emily, 1871-1945. 2. Painters – Canada – Biography.
3. Authors, Canadian (English) – Biography. I. Title. II. Series.
ND249.C3B72 2000 759.11 C00-940654-9
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There are hundreds of ways
to kneel and kiss the ground.
– Rumi
She is the voice that says,
“This way, this way.”
– Clarissa Pinkola Estes
This book is for the Wild Woman
Contents
4 Breakdown
5 Digging In
6 Finding Colour
7 Buried in Dirt
8 Breakthrough
9 Finding Forest
10 Success
11 Solace
Afterword: Goodbye to D’Sonoqua
Chronology of Emily Carr (1871-1945)
Sources Consulted
Index