[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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To All My Friends
That I could be this human at this time
breathing, looking, seeing, smellingThat I could be this moment at this time
resting, calmly moving, feelingThat I could be this excellence at this time
From May Yang’s “To All My Friends“
sudden, changed, peaceful, & woke
I am thankful for many things. I am thankful to be alive. I am thankful for excellence and change. I am thankful for perfect time and miracles. I am thankful for joy and wonder. I am thankful for curiosity and kindness. I am thankful for words and story. I am thankful for stars and scar tissue. I am thankful for stained glass and puzzles. I am thankful for morning and night. I am thankful that things may fall gently. I am thankful that we may choose connection. I am thankful that we may choose health. I am thankful we may choose magic. I am thankful that we may choose love. I am thankful we may learn and repair and heal.
About Katie
Born in 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.
