[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: Doing Philosophy
Doing Philosophy, Podcasts
Choosing Curiosity Over Fear
I think curiosity is our friend that teaches us how to become ourselves. And it’s a very gentle friend, and a very forgiving friend, and a very constant one.Elizabeth Gilbert For Gilbert, creativity is about choosing curiosity over fear. That ma...
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Doing Philosophy, Podcasts
Why Your Creativity Matters
"You have this beautiful line from the poet Jack Gilbert that I just I think about about once a week. And it is. “Do you have the courage? Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you wil...
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Course Work, Doing Philosophy, Health
The Butterfly Dinner: A Oneness Expedition
I am relatively new to talking about Turner syndrome. I was diagnosed with Turner syndrome at the age of 15. I discussed it rarely outside of doctors' offices after that initial conversation. Turner syndrome results when one of the X chromosomes is m...
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Course Work, Doing Philosophy
Confessions of a Story Slayer
Slay: 1. to kill by violence. 2. to destroy; extinguish.A standard definition of “to slay” Stories are being slayed left and right in our world. The stories of refugees seeking safety. The stories of innocent lives lost to gun violence. The st...
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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.
