Emily Carr - Kate Braid Quest Biography

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      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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      The Editorial Board is composed of

      Ven Begamudré

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      Janet Lunn

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       In the same collection

      Ven Begamudré, Isaac Brock: Larger Than Life.

      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.

      All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of the publisher – or, in the case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a licence from Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency – is an infringement of the copyright law.

       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

      Legal Deposit: Second quarter 2000

      National Library of Canada

      Bibliothèque nationale du Québec

      XYZ Publishing acknowledges the support of The Quest Library project by the Canadian Studies Program and the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) of the Department of Canadian Heritage. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of Canada.

      The publishers further acknowledge the financial support our publishing program receives from The Canada Council for the Arts, the ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, and the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles.

      Chronology and Index: Lynne Bowen

      Layout: Édiscript enr.

      Cover design: Zirval Design

      Cover illustration: Francine Auger

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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

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