[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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“Words, Actions, Dehumanization, and Accountability” with Brené Brown
In this “On My Mind” episode, we talk about shame and accountability. We discussed this a bit last summer, but I’m going deeper today in light of the insurrection at the US Capitol building and the resulting calls to unity without accountabilit...
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Poetry
Mis Raises
I will be fine here. All will be fine. I am the true vine, and the desert is my gardener,it’s mine to inherit because I am of both land and root.” Andrés N. Ordorica, Mis Raises We are all of both land and root. In a world of beauty ...
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Poetry
Prayer for Werewolves
Someone will probably love you for who you are. If not, you’ll still find friends,friends who, given time, or given warning, will probably gather around you, hold your hands,and wrap you in soft coats and blankets till the violence...
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Poetry
Letter From My Heart to My Brain/ Letter From My Brain to My Heart
I. Letter From My Heart to My Brain// It's okay to hang upside-down like a bat, to swim into the deep end of silence, to swallow every key so you can’t get out. Rachel McKibbens, Letter From My Heart There can be a familiar disconnect between a ...
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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.
