[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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He can cry. She can run the world.
He can cry. She can run the world. — Eric Nine
Eastside Trail
I think a lot abut the messages I take in. The messages I see. The messages I hear. The messages I breathe. All of it makes a difference at an elemental level. Messages matter. The messages we consume matter. I don’t think I am alone in this. We all take a lot in. All Eastside Beltline traffic sees, hears, and breathes the important message of this mural. All children and parents. All runners and walkers and skateboarders and bikers. All residents and visitors. In brilliant color, Eric Nine reminds us all of our power to feel and lead, and we are changed. What we tell ourselves changes. What we tell others changes. The world changes.
This mural, and really all the art on the Beltline, reminds me of the importance of accessible art. Art that we can see and experience regularly, as a part of the natural flow of our lives. Art without barriers to appreciation or participation. Art that is right in front of us begging us to pay attention to what a beautiful and hard world we live in. Art that wraps all of us, not just a few select few, in its arms and connects us as people and community and world.
About Katie
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.
