Series consists of correspondence, both letters and electronic mail (printed out) of Braid's vast and wide-ranging volume of communication with colleagues, publishers, editors, fellow writers, friends, family, and lovers. Series is arranged in 3 subseries: Business correspondence, Correspondence with writers, and Personal correspondence. After 2006 the Personal correspondence subseries also contains correspondence with writers.
Subseries includes correspondence with editors, publishers, bookstores, as well as invoices, and other administrative records , primarily relating to submitting poems, articles, or other writing for publication but also applications for grants and honoraria for poetry readings.
Series consists of letters and emails with fellow writers regarding a wide variety of writing-related issues, including reviewing others poems and having her poems reviewed. Correspondents include George McWhirter, Joy Kogawa, PK Page, Lynne Bowen, Patrick Lane, Lorna Crozier, Sandy Shreve, and a host of other fellow poets and mentors.