[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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Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream a World
Nimbawaadaan akiing
I dream a worldizhi-mikwendamang
of ones who remembernandagikenindamang gaye
who seek the truth andmaamwidebwe’endamang waabang
From Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream a World by Margaret Noodin
believe in tomorrow together.
Dreaming is holy. Holy is looking at what is and dreaming of what could be. This poem was written in the spirit of Langston Hughes and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – men who looked at what was and dreamed for something more.
It seems right to dream right now for many reasons. It seems right to reflect on our capacity for change, growth, and compassion. It seems right to reaffirm our commitment to building, creating, and loving. It seems right to look around at the flowers blooming, the days growing longer, the world’s health being restored, and ask, “Why not?”
To dream is a holy gift.
About Katie
Born in 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.
