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[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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Poetry

A Salve Made With Dirt

I was a thorn rushing to be with a rose,/ vinegar blending with honey, a pot of// poison turning to healing salve, patsy/ wine dregs thrown in the millrace. I was// a diseased eye reaching for Jesus' robe,/ raw meat cooking in the fire. Then I found/...

Poetry

Both Wings Broken

Love draws a dagger and pulls me close./ Lock and key. Bird with both wings// broken. The love religion is all that's/ written here. Who else would say this?// You open me wide open. Or you tie me/ tighter. The ball waits on the field// to be hit aga...

Poetry

Evening Sky Garnet Red

Morning opens a door with help for/ those who don't ask for any. Love// tears its shirt. Mind begins the sewing repair. You come and both// run off. I burn like aloe wood to/ touch the one who set this. Dressed// sometimes like disaster, sometimes/ l...