[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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Self-Portrait as Lilith
i am feast unto myself.
Elizabeth Acevedo, Self-Portrait as Lilith
I love the idea of being a feast unto myself. Of being whole and joyful and funny and smart and kind. Of being light and love and patience and gratitude and creativity. Of being generosity and positivity and awareness and wonder and warmth. Of being honest and truthful and courageous and beautiful and full.
When we are our own feast, our relationships add to the whole. When we are our own feast, we are enough. When we are our own feast, our bowl is empty and able to be filled. When we are our own feast, we attract others who are their own feast, too. When we are our own feast, our edges are soft and our mind is clear.
About Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
