[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
What Would It Mean To Forgive?
What would it mean to forgive if I have been hurt? Forgiveness after being hurt requires tending to a wound. Forgiveness after being hurt minimizes pain and scar tissue to form. Forgiveness after being hurt is often a collective process where we v...
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Doing Philosophy, Publication
When the Path is Blocked
When the path is blocked, back up and see more of the way. Mark Nepo The idea that we must be grateful for everyone and everything has presented itself to me several times recently. Being grateful for everyone and everything feels like being able ...
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Doing Philosophy
The Taste of Sky
Of magic doors, there is this, you do not see them even as you are passing through. - Anonymous I believe in magic doors. I wait and do not hurry. I believe in the rightness of big moves and bold dreams. I surround myself with people walk through mag...
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Doing Philosophy
The Necessary Privilege
A Necessary Privilege A necessary privilege is something that we might need convincing to appreciate. It is something that, a first glance, might not feel like a good thing. It is something that our natural pace and inclination might not initially...
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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.
