[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: Poetry
Poetry
[The faint shadow of the morning moon?]
The faint shadow of the morning moon?Nay, the snow falling on the earth.The mist of blossoming flowers?Nay, poetry smiling up the sky.Yone Noguchi - "[The faint shadow of the morning moon?]"...
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Poetry
Out of These Wounds, the Moon Will Rise
Now that the sun has set and the rain has abated, / And every porch light / in the neighborhood is lit, / Maybe we can invent something; Jay Hopler, Out of These Wounds, the Moon Will Rise...
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Poetry
Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Rising
You’re too afraid of who you are to know who you can be. You’re too afraid of being happy. You’re too happy being afraid. You’re afraid you’re happy. You’re afraid, the way a broken bowl gilded and glued back together with gold is still b...
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About Katie
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.
