[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 Crystal Gazer
I shall gather myself into myself again, I shall take my scattered selves and make them one,Fusing them into a polished crystal ball Where I can see the moon and the flashing sun.I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour inten...
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Poetry
Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus [excerpt]
Praise flow and change, night and the pulse of day. From Denise Levertov's "Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus" I am thankful for faith and doubt. I am thankful for beat and breath. I am thankful for pen and marginalia. I am thankful for unico...
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Poetry
Perfect For Any Occasion
Pies have a reputation.And it’s immediate —no talk of potentialRegarding a pie.From "Perfect For Any Occasion" by Albert Rios...
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Poetry
A Modified Villanelle for My Childhood
Each month it got a little less civil Isolation is a learned defense When all you wanna do is write lyrical. From "A Modified Villanelle for My Childhood" by Suzi F. Garcia Life has gotten less civil in recent years. We can argue the roo...
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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.
