[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
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
So what in the world's come over you?And what in heaven's name have you done?You've broken the speed of the sound of lonelinessYou're out there running just to be on the runFrom Nancy Griffth's "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" Loneliness is more...
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From A Distance
From a distanceThe world looks blue and greenAnd the snow capped mountains whiteFrom a distanceThe ocean meets the streamAnd the eagle takes to flightFrom Nancy Griffith's "From A Distance" I have always liked this song. I like the melody, and the...
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This Old Town
This old town was built by handIn the dust bowl of the motherlandThere must be rock beneath this sandOh I'll be damned, this town still standsFrom Nanci Griffith's "This Old Town" I have been a traveler my entire life. I have covered a lot of grou...
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Love at the Five and Dime
And they'd singDance a little closer to me, dance a little closer nowDance a little closer tonightDance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing timeAnd love's on sale tonight at this five and dimeFrom Nanci Griffith, "Love At The Five and Dime" ...
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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.
