[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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A Case of You
Oh, you’re in my blood like holy wine
From Joni Mitchell’s A Case of You
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh, I would still be on my feet
“A Case of You” is bigger than a love song. It is bigger than a song about the back and forth of a relationship. It is even bigger than a song about passion. It is big enough to be all that and more all at once.
It is a song about taking in every inch of life. The space between drunkenness and thirst. The space between letting go and holding on. Of strength and weakness. Of fear and courage. Of humor and sadness. Of landscapes and details. Of home and being lost. Of boundaries and beyond. Of loneliness and communion.
Love songs are about all that. Desire and imagination. Silk and rose petals. Brokenness and scar tissue. Elixir and balm. Daring us toward truth and intimacy. Drawing us close to the sun. Giving us superpower strength. Hopeful in the way each breath is hopeful. Delivering us to the place of artists, muses, and sages.
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.
