Books Falling Archives - Page 6 of 27 - Katie Steedly

[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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Books Falling, Gratitude

Confession: No Thanks

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. French Proverb I have been looking at gratitude for a few years now. In the Prologue to Diana Butler-Bass' Grateful: The Subversive Practice of Giving Thanks, she frames her gratitude journey. I feel a gratitu...

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Books Falling, Doing Philosophy, Poetry

Oatmeal

I eat oatmeal for breakfast./ I make it on the hot plate and put skimmed milk on it./ I eat it alone./ I am aware it is not good to eat oatmeal alone. from Galway Kinnell, "Oatmeal" Life is meant to connect with others. It amazes me how quickly my...

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Books Falling

Forward

In the Japanese tongue of the mind's eye one two syllable word tells of the fine of rain clinging to the eaves of and of the grey-green fronds of wild parsley." - Denise Levertov "Forward," the final essay in Anne Lamott's Stitches: A Handbook on...

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Books Falling, Weekly Wide-Awake

Weekly Wide-Awake: Miracles Surround Us

Miracles surround us at every turn, if we butt sharpen our perception to them. Willa Cather I sharpen my perceptions through writing. I get in touch with joy and awe — equal parts miracles manifest — through writing. I get in touch with grief ...

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