[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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Weekly Roundup: Alchemy for Tomorrow
Permanent Hair Color I ordered permanent hair color this week. It has been 10 weeks since I colored my hair. I am beginning to look like my Nana who had beautiful silver hair. I have thought about wearing my grey hair as a show of solidarity ...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Where To Start?
Where To Start? I am not sure where to start my roundup this week - my first attempt at a curatorial blog posts since 2018. It seems important to start keeping track of things right now. I am not sure what week of isolation we are in. I had an inc...
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Doing Philosophy
How The Light Gets In
I want to argue in defense of breaking. Sometimes life is hard and the glass of which we are made refuses to be malleable, even under intense heat. We keep our form, holding on to the shape of what is like our lives depend on it, finding survival in ...
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Doing Philosophy
The Best Advice I Ever Received
I need advice. I seek second opinions. I ask questions. In general, I do not think these are negative traits. I like the concept of due diligence in all things. My researcher’s mind feeds on information. This often serves me well. (I guard against ...
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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.
