[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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Paying Attention
Listening: The Struggle Is Real
I struggle with listening. I experience hearing loss. So hearing, and by extension listening, are difficult for me. Really listening means I am absolutely present to a situation. Honest to goodness presence (which is a true gift we can give one anot...
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Paying Attention
Finding Funny
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. Dr. Seuss I wish I was funny. I love to laugh, though I don't do it enough. I love jokes, though I don't tell jokes very well. I love to be around funny people. They just seem to ...
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Doing Philosophy
My Favorite Excuses
In general, I am not an excuse person. Excuses are lies we tell ourselves when we are scared, embarrassed, ashamed, and/or angry. Excuses are the exact opposite of results. Excuses are like dessert, when you eat too many of them the results are evid...
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Doing Philosophy
My Invisible Knapsack
Our current times have gotten me questioning my white privilege. I remember reading Peggy McIntosh in graduate school. Her work introduced me to the idea of an Invisible Knapsack. She explains, "White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsa...
read moreAbout Katie
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.
