[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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Weekly Wide-Awake: Thank You John Prine
If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that’s pretty good.John Prine It feels good to laugh. At serious times, it is hard not to get paralyzed by seriousness. At grave times, it is hard not to dig our own grave...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: How to Summer
A Blessing for telling the truth (no matter how bitter or sweet)/ Blessed are you for resisting the urge to reframe. You who are sick and tired of silver linings./ Blessed are you, speaking honestly about what is right in front of you: This is hard./...
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Doing Philosophy, Podcasts, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Thank You On Being
Dear On Being, On the occasion of your 20th anniversary, as you announce changes that promise new growth and depth, I want to say thank you. I have pulled together a few of my favorite podcast episodes and reflections in celebration of what you ha...
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Doing Philosophy, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Every Morning The World Is Created
Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Mary Oliver I have been blogging daily for several years. The exercise has been part practice, part enjoyment, and part meditation. As I think about it, attention, astoni...
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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.
