[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: Podcasts
Podcasts
Unlocking Us: Bono
I have always secretly wanted to be a rock star. Never played an instrument beyond the french horn in middle school band. Though I performed at a professional dinner theatre when I was young, I haven't sung in public for going on 20 years, the rock s...
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Podcasts
“Words, Actions, Dehumanization, and Accountability” with Brené Brown
In this “On My Mind” episode, we talk about shame and accountability. We discussed this a bit last summer, but I’m going deeper today in light of the insurrection at the US Capitol building and the resulting calls to unity without accountabilit...
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Doing Philosophy, Podcasts, Poetry
The Gate
This is what you have been waiting for, he used to say to me.And I’d say, What?And he’d say, This—holding up my cheese and mustard sandwich.And I’d say, What?And he’d say, This, sort of looking around.From "The Gate" by Marie Howe In con...
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Podcasts, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide Awake: Elizabeth Gilbert and Creativity
“You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.”Elizabeth Gilbert I have chosen to focus on Elizabeth Gilbert and creativity this week for several reasons. Reading Eat, Pray, Love, many years ago, challenged m...
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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.
