The writer, poet and teacher Kate Braid discusses her new collection The Erotics of Cutting Grass: Reflections of a Well-Loved Life (Caitlin Press, 2025), with Joseph Planta.
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The Erotics of Cutting Grass: Reflections of a Well-Loved Life by Kate Braid (Caitlin Press, 2025).
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Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Kate Braid joins me now. She’s just published a new collection of essays, The Erotics of Cutting Grass: Reflections on a Well-Loved Life. It’s an engaging, heartfelt, often witty collection that looks at various subjects of interest: parenting, grandparenting, aging, health, travel, wisdom, spirituality, writing, singing, among other fascinating points of entry into her thoughtful life. Ms. Braid, who joined me last week, has previously written about her work in the male-dominated world of construction in her memoirs Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World, and Nail: Notes of a Journeywoman. She touches on the years she spent in construction, but also looks at how it’s affected how she sees herself and how others might view her. She’s often candid, frank, and so inviting to the reader to ponder their own thoughts, feelings and existence. Kate Braid is an award-winning writer and poet. Among her many accolades include the Remarkable Woman of the Arts, and Pandora’s Collective BC Mentor’s awards, and the Pat Lowther and Vancity Book prizes. She was writer-in-residence at Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico. Visit www.katebraid.com for more. She joined me from Pender Island, where she’ll be launching the book Wednesday, 30 April 2025 at 1.00 pm. That’s at the North Pender Island Library. There are events later this summer; those are listed on her website. This new book is published by Cailin Press. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Kate Braid; Ms. Braid, good morning.
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