[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
My Invisible Knapsack
Our current times have gotten me questioning my white privilege. I remember reading Peggy McIntosh in graduate school. Her work introduced me to the idea of an Invisible Knapsack. She explains, "White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsa...
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Doing Philosophy
Constants
I have completed 10 half marathons and 1 full marathon. My distance running journey started with a marathon at the age of 29 (quite a few years ago). Because I have been running (very slowly, to be sure) half marathons for many years, I have started ...
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Doing Philosophy
Back To School
I have a confession. I always loved going back to school. Don't get me wrong. Summer break was great, but I also loved going back to school. A fresh start. Change. I have never had to prepare children for the back to school grind, and I do not go bac...
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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.
