[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
Ireland: Day Three — Dublin
I thought we were coming to Ireland for a football game (and to experience natural beauty and culture) but I learned I came to Ireland to fall in love again with words. Don't get me wrong, football is important. In fact, I grew up loving most sports ...
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Paying Attention
Ireland: Day Two — Dublin
Day Two began after a short night filled with jet lag and watching the Democratic National Convention on CNN far too late into the night. We woke up and had to pack and check out of the Merrion. All of our stuff had been neatly arranged for us — to...
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Paying Attention
Ireland: Day One — Dublin
We arrived in Dublin a little before 6:00 in the morning. We had traveled from Atlanta to Dublin via Philadelphia. The flight to Dublin was packed with Florida State football fans headed to game. (I had learned there would be an estimated 25,000 fans...
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Paying Attention
Music To My Ears
Music To My Ears Music has played a huge part in my life. My life has been a soundtrack of sounds and songs that center me, inspire me, and touch me. When something is music to my ears it makes me smile deep in my bones, it reminds me ...
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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.
