[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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Doing Philosophy
To Speak and Embrace
The dream is awakened when thinking I love you and life begins when saying I love you, and joy moves like blood when embracing someone with love. - Mark Nepo I want to write about love from the perspective of a woman who has never given birth. I so...
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Doing Philosophy
The Fear of What Is Different
To direct the mind towards the basic unity of all things and to divert it from the seizing of differences – therein lies bliss. Tojo-Hindu Upanishad Our world is divided today. Differences are seized, amplified, and exploited to maintain the pow...
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Doing Philosophy
The Issue of Fairness
"As long as we see what has come to pass as being unfair, we’ll be a prisoner of what might have been." - Mark Nepo A letter to myself when I feel life is unfair. Dear Katie, It may seem like you have been given more than you can handle. It ...
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Doing Philosophy
The Ordinary Art
Before fixing what you’re looking at, check what you’re looking through. - Mark Nepo I have seen an interesting meme several times over the last few months. It has two columns that breakdown validation and hope - and - toxic positivity. I thin...
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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.
