[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 August 15, 2020
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Books Falling, Weekly Wide-Awake
Books Falling Club: Thoughts on Anne Lamott’s Stitches
In the Japanese tongue of the mind’s eye one two syllable word tells of the fringe of rain clinging to the eaves of the grey-green fronds of wild parsley.Denise Levertov Read The Books Falling Club: Thoughts on Anne Lamott's Stitches...
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Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake – August 1, 2020
"You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light … Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only pea...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Vacation
I was on vacation this week, so I had lot of time to think. The fact we went on vacation - we drove 3 and a half hours to Key West - during this time gave me pause. What does it mean when even a vacation feels controversial in my soul? We wear masks....
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Born in 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.
