[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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Not Writing
I am not writing anything that anyone has requested of me or is waiting/ on, not a poetics essay or any other sort of essay, not a roundtable response, not interview responses, not writing prompts for younger writers,/ not my thoughts about critical theory or popular songs.
from “Not Writing” by Anne Boyer
I am not writing anything right now. I am not writing a book about gratitude. I am not writing daily posts focused on poetry. I am not writing a note expressing support to the spouse of a dear friend on the anniversary of her passing. I am not writing a Facebook post to celebrate a dear friend’s birthday. I am not writing an essay about gratitude and story. I am not writing a text apology to a friend who I have offended by monopolizing our group conversations on Zoom. I am not writing Tweets to promote my blog. I am not writing a weekly newsletter. I am not writing query letters to agents and publishers. I am not writing a change of address card. I am not writing daily reflections every night in my journal.
About Katie
Born in 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.
