Inscribed by Kate Braid on half-title page:"To__, who also knows rough ground! Best wishes, Kate Braid"; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.

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Title: Covering Rough Ground: Poems
Publisher: Polestar, Vancouver, B.C.
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 091959168X
ISBN 13: 9780919591684
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: Canadian First.
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
Book Type: Book

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Winner of the Pat Lowther Award for Poetry, Kate Braid tracks the journey of a woman who wants, innocently enough, to build things. She explores the joy of physical labor and the struggle to be a tradeswoman in a "man's world."

About the Author

Kate Braid is the author of Journeywoman, Turning Left to the Ladies, A Well- Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems, Covering Rough Ground, To This Cedar Fountain and Inward to the Bones: Georgia OKeeffes Journey with Emily Carr. In 2005, she co-edited, with Sandy Shreve, In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry. She lives in Vancouver, BC, with her partner.

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