[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Taking A Walk #4
This week, I am walking and thinking about grounding, the railroad, and the Sears Catalog. I am walking and thinking about home, history, and roots. I am walking and thinking about story, art, and community. We landed in Atlanta and immediately lande...
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Ponce City Market
"Located at the nexus of Atlanta’s most established neighborhoods, Ponce City Market is the latest incarnation of a long legacy of community-centered built environments along this iconic stretch of Ponce de Leon Avenue. The National Trust for Histo...
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The Unspeakable Gift
A chaplain asked if she could pray with my mom and me. It was the last morning of my week-long Turner syndrome study at the National Institutes of Health. Her visit was not on my printed schedule, and hard edges and clinical elbows of the entire week...
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Column of Change
Column of Change, AnT Sculpture and Design Westside TrailWestside Trail between Fair St. and Stafford St. Based on the artist's statement, this piece is a brick representation of an antique candle holder. It makes me think of the malleability o...
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From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
