[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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I took my Power in my Hand
I took my Power in my Hand -/ And went against the World -/ ‘Twas not so much as David -had -/ But I – was twice as bold -// I aimed my Pebble – but Myself/ Was all the one that fell -/ Was it Goliath – was too large -/ Or was myself – too small?
Emily Dickinson
Take Power in our hands. Be big not small. Be twice as bold as David and go against the World.
Let going against the World feel like a wave. Let going against the World sound like breath and truth. Let going against the World taste of the unforgettable sweetness of passion and love. Let going against the World be the falling apart and coming together – more like dance than war.
It does not matter if we fail. Failure is just an invitation to try again in strength and wisdom.
The benefit of taking Power in our hands far outweighs the cost. Creating requires taking Power. Growing requires taking Power. Living our purpose requires taking Power.
About Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
