[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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Just a girl, her cat, and a good book.
Just a girl, her cat, and a good book. Jessica Locklar
Art can tell a simple story. Art can simply be beautiful. Art can be soft edges. Art can be about fabric and swirls and yellow and dreams.
As a woman who loves cats and books, aspires to channel her inner goddess to do important work, seeks rest and celebrates all things gentle and soft, my eyes were drawn to this mural. There is something peaceful and joyful and whimsical in her way.
Meaning is always in the details. We are multitudes. We are warriors and goddesses, readers and animal lovers, yellow and red, up and down, strong and weak, fantasy and reality. I like to think that murals can be windows into other spaces, perhaps our dream selves, perhaps a world of big love, perhaps a creative space where community thrives.
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.
