[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: Course Work
Course Work
The Florida Reef
I lived in Miami, Florida for several years. South Florida is home to one of the largest coral reefs in the world, the Florida Reef. I have been blessed to snorkel in the shallow, pristine waters and experience the Florida Reef quite a few times. Ove...
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Course Work
La Guernica
I once saw Picasso’s La Guernica at the Prado in Madrid, Spain. La Guernica was on display in an annex next to the Prado in Madrid. La Guernica depicts the bombing of a public market in Guernica, Spain, on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil Wa...
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Course Work
Las Cuevas de Altamira
When I was a sophomore in high school, I spent a summer in Santander, Spain studying Spanish. It was my first international trip. We visited Las Cuevas de Altamira near the town of Santillana Del Mar. The caves house prehistoric paintings. Even at 16...
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Course Work, Doing Philosophy
A Gift From the Abyss
a·byssNoun: 1. a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm 2. bottomless pit 3. a wide or profound difference between people; a gulf 4. the regions of hell conceived of as a bottomless pit I have been living in the abyss for the last few years. I f...
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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.
