Paying Attention Archives - 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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Writing by hand

Writing by hand had failed. Typing festered hope. The typewriter was not a plaything. Christopher Nolan In the deepest, darkest, tucked away, sacred parts of me, writing has never been a plaything. Much like reading has connected me to life itself...

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One Word Pulled

One word pulled her toward the next, leading her out of herself Lia Mills I left myself as I walked through Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) by St. Stephens Green in Dublin. One word pulled me to the next. Around each corner through books and ...

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Northern White

Northern White, David Landis I noticed this amazing rhinoceros sculpture for this first time a few weeks ago. Honestly, I had run past it several times a week for months and never really seen it. I finally took time to stop and read the plaque...

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But we have our own language

But we have our own language, the Irish, and we have the power to sing sweet music. Augusta Gregory I believe we each have ways we communicate beyond words. Cooking for and with others. Listening to others. Creating for and with others. Building f...

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