[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 curious thing
A curious thing, life, and curious those who live it.
Robert McLiam Wilson
I thirst for curiosity. Curiosity looks like seeing things through beginner’s eyes. Curiosity looks like asking a question and listening to the answer. Curiosity looks like imagination and invention. Curiosity looks like creativity and building.
People who really live life are profoundly curious. I am not entirely sure of the difference between live and live, maybe it is simply a decision? Maybe it is courage inspired by mentors and loved ones? Maybe it is luck created by a relentless pursuit of all that matters? Maybe it is the meaningful connection between curiosity and hope, curiosity and connection, and curiosity and openness.
Can we be both curious and sad? Can we be both curious and angry? Can we be both curious and cruel? I don’t think so. I think there is a something elemental about curiosity that moves us through sadness, anger, and cruelty. Curiosity invites durable, elastic softness. Curiosity allows as to chew and digest. Curiosity allows us to knead and rise.
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.
