[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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The Art of Reconciliation
The Art of Reconciliation, William Massey
Eastside Trail
I have long believed in the power of art to heal ourselves and our world. I know for sure the internal and external are inextricably linked. Even without knowing that the piece is the product of a community collaboration of more than 200 people over a period of months coupled with the insight of found objects, The Art of Reconciliation invites us to see through labels, barriers, cruelty, consumption, and violence to find compassion. When I look at the piece, I see disparate objects that in and of themselves tell no story. Placed together, in unique harmony only possible through the voices of a community, they are the story of redemption and hope, strength and beauty, connection and love. “Trash” becomes narrative. What we throw away becomes what we treasure. That is the truth our world so desperately needs. That is the hope our world so desperately needs. That is the reconciliation our world so desperately needs.
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.
