[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
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle: What to Do with Our Short, Precious Life with Kate Bowler
Hello, loves. Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things. We’re going to jump right in. I’m so looking forward to this episode, sister Amanda and I have been talking about it all weekend. And that is because we have our dear friend who we’ve never m...
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Doing Philosophy
Scaffolding
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to beOld bridges breaking between you and meNever fear. We may let the scaffolds fallConfident that we have built our wall. From Seamus Heaney, "Scaffolding" In school studying to be a teacher, I learned about...
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Doing Philosophy
Thich Nhat Han on The Practice of Mindfulness
You don’t have to wait ten years to experience this happiness. It is present in every moment of your daily life. Thich Nhat Han "The Practice of Mindfulness"...
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Doing Philosophy
Building a Community of Love
“The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.” Thich Nhat Hanh, as quoted in bell hooks interview with Thich Nh...
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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.
