[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
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Angel From Montgomery
Just give me one thingThat I can hold on toTo believe in this livin'Is just a hard way to goFrom John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" I believe in angels. I believe in miracles. I believe in magic. I believe in stardust. I believe in patterns. I b...
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Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV)
We blew up our TV, threw away our paper, moved to the country built us a home, had a lot of children, fed em on peaches they all found Jesus on their ownFrom John Prine's "Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV)" Today I want to blow up my TV. Blowing...
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That’s the Way That the World Goes’ Round
That's the way that the world goes 'round / You're up one day and the next you're down / It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown / That's the way that the world goes 'roundfrom John Prine's "That's the Way That the ...
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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.
