Doing Philosophy Archives - Page 5 of 72 - Katie Steedly

[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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Experience

Pilgrimage: 1. a journey of a pilgrim especially one to a shrine or a sacred place; 2 : the course of life on earth A few years ago, I bought Paul Elie's The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage, mainly because I have been trou...

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Working Together

We shape our selfto fit this world and by the worldare shaped again. From David Whyte's "Working Together" I have an ongoing debate with my husband about whether or not the best music has already been written. He insists there will never be ano...

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What I Have Learned About Wide-Awakeness Since I Received My Ph.D.

I Received My Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 2003. My dissertation, Living Wide-Awakeness: High School Drama Teachers Creating Opportunities For Powerful Encounters With The Arts, examined the work of two high school drama teachers. I ca...

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The Heart’s Pleasure

My voice quivers when I speak my truth. I can’t raise my eyes. My breath quickens. My palms sweat. Time stands still and passes instantly. It’s not that I am afraid. It’s that I am vulnerable. Vulnerability requires courage. It takes a secon...

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