[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: Sincerity, Courage, and Earnestness
We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.
Sarojini Naidu
This Weekly Wide-Awake allows me to celebrate the poetry of women. It is an honoring of our steps, a speaking of our words, a widening of our vision, an opening of our hearts. This springtime of new homes. This springtime when old friends slice new wounds. This springtime of precious milestones. This springtime when grace and faith and hope are all around me and resonate louder than fear and anger and cruelty. This springtime of blessed impermanence. This springtime I choose to be inspired by the poetry of women. This springtime I pray for Naidu’s clarity — sincere motive, courageous speech, and earnest action.
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.
