[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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Paying Attention
Eternal Flame of Hope
Eternal Flame of Hope, Special Olympics Georgia Eternal Flame of Hope celebrates 50 years of the Special Olympics Georgia. As their mission relates, "The mission of Special Olympics Georgia is to provide year-round sports training and athletic co...
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Paying Attention
Ponce City Market
"Located at the nexus of Atlanta’s most established neighborhoods, Ponce City Market is the latest incarnation of a long legacy of community-centered built environments along this iconic stretch of Ponce de Leon Avenue. The National Trust for Histo...
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Paying Attention, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Here Is The Beltline II
After a few weeks of writing about art on the Beltline several things have become clear. My first realization is that art happens all around the Beltline. I thought that before — having spent a year exploring — but now I know it for sure. Beltlin...
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Paying Attention, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Here is the Atlanta Beltline
A Note on my Atlanta Beltline Writing Project I am practicing paying attention. I am practicing noticing beauty. I am practicing getting in touch with my artist self. I am practicing connecting with the outdoors. I am practicing my inner Mary Oliv...
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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.
