[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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Category: Books Falling
Books Falling
This Very Moment Is The Perfect Teacher
We can meet our match with a poodle or a guard dog, but the interesting question is - what happens next? Pema Chodron The third chapter in Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart, "This Very Moment Is The Perfect Teacher," further introduces the idea...
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Books Falling
The Wisdom Project
"That memories are recovered -- that is, that the suppressed truths do reemerge-- is the basis of whatever hope one can have for justice and a modicum of sanity in the ongoing life of communities." Susan Sontag At the beginning of Susan Sontag’s...
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Weekly Wide Awake: Oliver Sacks’ Gratitude
[At eighty] “One has seen triumphs and tragedies, booms and busts, revolutions and wars, great achievements and deep ambiguities. One has seen grand theories rise, only to be toppled by stubborn facts. One is more conscious of transience and, perha...
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Books Falling
A Field Theory of Beauty
Joy is the best make-up.Anne Lamott I write something about the body on Thursdays in an effort to reflect on - and in some sense celebrate - my marathon training the last few months. It is my attempt to signal (mostly to myself) that though it mig...
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From 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.
