[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!
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.
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.
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so ma...
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Between Errand and Epiphany
"The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany." Rebecca Solnit We live between the errand and the epiphany. Let me explain. We live between have to and get to, work and rest, what is and not yet. Experiencing rea...
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The Way
“No one will do it like you.” – T Kira Madden Thank you, Chelsea Bieker There is something absolutely fitting about considering our way at the beginning of the New Year. My arms are open wide to possibility. There is a possibility in Jan...
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My Turner syndrome story
I am not supposed to be here. It has taken me a lifetime to be able to write those words. I have a genetic condition, Turner syndrome, and spent more than 25 years running from the fact that only two percent of pregnancies diagnosed with Turner syndr...
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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.