[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
Together You Can Redeem the Soul of the Nation
"You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light … Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only pea...
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Doing Philosophy
How to Overcome Apathy and Find Your Power – a TED talk delivered by Dolores Huerta
Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.Dolores Huerta Listen to Dolores Huerta's TED talk....
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Doing Philosophy
The Exercise of Gentleness
I have no power of miracle other than the attainment of quiet happiness, I have no tact except the exercise of gentleness. - Oracle of Sumiyoshi- Oracle of Sumiyoshi What is gentle? Chamomile tea is gentle. High thread count sheets are gentle. ...
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Doing Philosophy
I Am Not Yet
A few years ago, Greg and I were standing at the Beirgarten at Epcot when a man asked me to take a picture of him with his group. He explained he was celebrating his 60th birthday at Disney World with his family, and the guys in the group had wandere...
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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.
