[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: Celebration of Mothers
A Celebration of Mothers This week I have been grateful for mothering love that knows about cherishing, comforting, holding space, and believing in. The love that teaches joy in another's success, faith when the world is a mess, virtue in curiosit...
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Weekly Roundup: Week 9
Week 9 This was my 9th week of quarantine. The weeks ran together as St. Patrick's Day became Easter became Earth Day became Derby Day became Cinco De Mayo. Milestones came and went. Planned trips came and went untaken. Pounds simply keep coming....
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Lifting A Glass
Lifting A Glass In the midst of all that is, I have several reasons to lift a glass this week. I want to lift a very particular glass, too. Rather than just my usual glass of whatever white, rose, or red happens to be on sale, which has become all...
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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.
