Review: The Erotics of Cutting Grass by Kate Braid
The Erotics of Cutting Grass: Reflections on a Well-Loved Life By Kate Braid Qualicum Beach: Caitlin Press , 2025 *** To pay attention is not a small thing, and as life whips past us sometimes the years can become a blur. There is always something, or the next thing, or the difficult thing that turns the head, distracting us. What struck me about sitting down this week in moments of quiet throughout my day to read Kate Braid ’s new book The Erotics of Cutting Grass was the time she has taken to focus on episodes in her life and breathe into them. The stories are hers, but will be familiar to many because they aren’t the stuff of celebrity or rarity, they are the pieces of life that many of us will relate to. Each of our memories will be a little different, of course, but not so much that we can’t read her stories and see ourselves in them. If you haven’t had the chance to read some of Braid’s work, The Erotics of Cutting Grass is a great way to get to know her a bit, and to...
