[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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Prayer for Werewolves
Someone will probably love you for who you are.
Stephanie Burt, Prayer for Werewolves
If not, you’ll still find friends,
friends who, given time, or given warning,
will probably gather around you, hold your hands,
and wrap you in soft coats and blankets till the violence
inside your body ends.
Treasure the people who love you for who you are. People who know your entire story. People who communicate. People who are with you through the falling apart and back together. People who build and create and sustain. People who are kind and loving.
May we be people who love ourselves for who we are. May we be people who love others for who they are. May the number of people who love us for who we are be larger than we can count. May the number of people we love for who they are be larger than we can count, too. The path to the people who love us for who we are looks like loving ourselves, loving others, and accepting love freely given. May love fill our cup and overflow.
About Katie
From 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.
