[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
Enter your email here to receive Weekly Wide-Awake
back
My House is the Red Earth
My house is the red earth; it could be the center of the world.
From My House is the Red Earth, by Joy Harjo
Home is earth down deep. Earth down deep where the table is always big enough. Earth down deep where we can tend the soil of forgiveness, trust, and compassion. Earth down deep where every day is clearly sorted into what matters and what does not. Earth down deep where the melody and lyrics are the songs we know by heart. Earth down deep where seasons, tides, and moons wash away rage, hurt, and anger. Earth down deep where story is a tightly woven fabric of stardust and scar tissue. Earth down deep where life is a prayer. Earth down deep where home is the center of the world.
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.
