[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
5 Things To Know About Wide-Awakeness And Grit
Grit is a hot topic. A sociologist responsible for bringing grit into focus, Angela Duckworth, received the MacArthur “genius” award. The book Duckworth wrote distilling the research into grit, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,...
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Doing Philosophy
In Celebration of Living Wide-Awakeness
I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in August of 2003. It seems like both yesterday and a lifetime ago, simultaneously. That makes sense to me in the way that minutes creep and years fly. My family was there to see me graduate. ...
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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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Course Work, Doing Philosophy
A Voice From The Stillness
My guardian angel told me to be still and know. Be still and know. Be still and know. Stillness as sides of the brain connecting. Stillness as truth and peace. Stillness as awe and attention. Stillness as true love. How do we find stillness? So...
read moreAbout Katie
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.
