[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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Iron Column
Iron Column, Phil Proctor Iron Column pays homage to Atlanta's story. The deep connection to the railroad. The unique architecture of grand old buildings. The heartbeat in the middle of it all. Iron Column tells the story using found objects. Fou...
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The Orchard
We moved to Atlanta, Georgia in April of 2021. I immediately started walking on the Atlanta Beltline, a trail on a former railway line that connects parts of the city. I primarily walk on the Eastside trail that connects my home to Piedmont Park, the...
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One In All
The Egyptian goddess Ma'at, along with the activism of African American women, and Afrofuturism, are the inspiration for this installation which contemplates the ideals of cosmic balance and divine order. The principles of Ma'at act as a framework fo...
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Angier Springs Monumental Work
Angier Springs Monumental Work, Tim Frank Eastside Trail The award-winning sculpture Angier Springs never looks the same. People walking. Sun rising. Sun falling. Wind blowing. Seasons changing. A steel forrest within "the city in a forrest." S...
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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.
