[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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Weekly Wide-Awake: Thank You John Prine
If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that’s pretty good.
John Prine
It feels good to laugh. At serious times, it is hard not to get paralyzed by seriousness. At grave times, it is hard not to dig our own graves of despair and heartache. At sad times, it is hard not to drown in our tears. I turn to the music of John Prine to help navigate hard times. I saw him perform “Paradise.” I saw Bonnie Raitt cover “Angel from Montgomery.” I heard Brandi Carlile pay tribute singing “I Remember Everything.” I played fiddle when I was little, so maybe his music reminds me of an essential self that knew joy and connection. I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, so maybe his music reminds me of my story, a high lonesome I understand. He signed his first record deal in 1971, the year I was born, so maybe his music reminds me of the arc of my life and my responsibility to make the world a more honest and compassionate and beautiful place each day.
This week I thank John Prine.
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.
