[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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Annunciation
only able to endure it by being no one and so
From “Annunciation” by Marie Howe
specifically myself I thought I’d die
from being loved like that.
There is something magical about the Annunciation. The miracle of birth. The resonance of a still small voice. The quiet gift of calling. The knowing of stillness. The being “no one and so specifically myself.” The abundance of love manifest through us.
Looking outside literal Biblical interpretation, I believe a spark of the Divine lives in each of us. The Angel Gabriel’s announcement of Jesus to Mary, the Annunciation in Biblical teaching, is an invitation for us all to accept our Divine spark. In accepting our Divine spark, we are asked to expand our notion of what it means to give birth to include creativity, innovation, growth, connection, and love.
It has been announced. We have been invited. We have unique gifts to share with the world. We must be specifically ourselves — authentic, unique, and strong — in pursuit of a love big so big our hearts might burst.
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.
