[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: Music
Music
Send In The Clowns
Isn't it rich?Isn't it queer?Losing my timing this lateIn my careerWhere are the clowns?There ought to be clownsWell, maybe next year Donna Murphy singing "Send In The Clowns" from Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music Losing my timing ha...
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There Won’t Be Trumpets
There are heroes in the worldPrinces and heroes in the worldAnd one of them will save usWait and seeWait and seeSutton Foster singing "There Won't Be Trumpets" from Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle I am thinking about waiting. I am thinking a...
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Children and Art
Mama said, "Honey, mustn't be blueIt's not so much do what you likeAs it is that you like what you do"Mama said, "Darling, don't make such a drama.A little less thinking, a little more feeling"I'm just quoting Mama!The child is so sweetAnd the girls ...
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No One Is Alone
Hard to see the light nowJust don't let it goThings will come out right nowWe can make it soSomeone is on your sideNo one is aloneBernadette Peters singing "No One Is Alone" from Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods I have been feeling really exhaust...
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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.
