Weekly Wide-Awake Archives - Katie Steedly

[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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Canis Rufus: On Art, Myth, and Goodness

I don’t know much about wolves. Biologically, they are related to dogs — both members of the genus Canis. They are also related to coyotes — though coyotes are generally heftier with pointier, foxlike snouts. They are social creatures that...

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Desperate for Magic, Ready for Love

“For now just remember how you felt the day you were born: desperate for magic, ready to love.” Kate Baer, from What Kind of Woman I am still desperate for magic and ready for love. I am comforted knowing this has been the primordial cas...

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Love Is Holy

Love is holy.― William Shakespeare Love is Holy. Love is Holy. Love is Holy. Let that sink in. We anticipate Spring, green, and resurrection. We taste hope, possibility, and new. We connect with one another in community. We point our entir...

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Great Love and Miracles

Where there is great love, there are always miracles. Willa Cather If we pay attention, it is easy to feel like love is lost. If we pay attention, it is easy to forget that to love one another is the most powerful thing we can do. If we pay attent...

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