[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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Solar Wind
Solar Wind, Phil Proctor Northeast Trail Northeast Hiking Trail between Evelyn St. and Dutch Valley Way Solar Wind speaks to possibility. The possibility that art can be aspirational. The possibility that art can be fun. The possibility that...
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Blossom
Blossom, Richard Herzog Eastside Trail Eastside Trail extension at Wylie Street Blossom sits just after I finish two miles on my usual Beltline path. It occurs when I have lots of trail left to cover. (Not sure why that particular place is a...
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He can cry. She can run the world.
He can cry. She can run the world. Eric Nine Eastside Trail I think a lot abut the messages I take in. The messages I see. The messages I hear. The messages I breathe. All of it makes a difference at an elemental level. Messages matter. Th...
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Railroad Workers
Railroad Workers, Jac Coffey I come from a family of German railroad workers. Both my mother's and father's family worked on the Louisville to Nashville Railroad many moons ago. This sculpture reminds me how close we are to our stories. Our storie...
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Born in 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.
