[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: Paying Attention
Paying Attention
Someday you will be old enough
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again CS Lewis I have always read fairytales. I have gone into the woods. I have confronted giants in the sky, danced with witches, and eaten magic beans. I have tried on glass slipper...
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Paying Attention
Do you think women are less brave?
Do you think women are less brave? No. When they realize the truth they will fight for it. Sarah Grand It started when I was young. Maybe because I am a libra? Maybe because I think truth — the kind that feels like integrity, clarity, and honest...
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Paying Attention
Even Now
Even now there are places where a thought might grow. Derek Mahon What does growth look like in Autumn? Growth looks like shedding, clearing, and making room. Growth looks colorful — like living life in full-on brilliance. Growth looks like cele...
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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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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.
