[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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From “In the Same Light”
Icy blossoms blow about,/ disparate each to each.
Wong May
How do ice and blossoms blow about? How do we find meaning in love? How do we have faith in prayer? How do we understand blossoms, love, and prayer knowing life is as big as seasons and tides and galaxies.
Through it all there is order. The falling apart and back together happens in perfect time. Ice thaws and flowers bloom. Love is found in life’s sweetness and sadness. Prayers are raised lifting heart and soul.
There is comfort in order. There is comfort in knowing the center holds. There is comfort in feeling life’s rhythm. There is comfort in blooming and loving and praying. We can see it all unfold in the same light.
About Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
