[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 Function of a Wing
I have read about a girl who pinned her healing to the making
From Emma Trelles’ “The Function of a Wing“
Of cranes, and how they navigate by starlight, instinct, the ancient
Maps scored inside the lace of their bones. They know how to dance.
I am that girl who navigates by starlight with ancient maps scored inside the lace of my bones. Just like cranes, my wings have carried me long distances. Just like cranes, I seek temples in peace. Just like cranes, I dance. Just like cranes, I return to love.
What of the wings and careful ascents and soft landings. What of wings and following the river that flows. What of wings and healing. What of wings and the journey home. What of the wings and soaring and imagination. What of the wings and the as if and not yet. They are perfect form and function.
I think about wings as direction and way. I think about wings as wisdom and curiosity. I think about wings as daylight and darkness. I think about wings as beginner’s mind and an empty bowl. I think about wings joy and freedom.
About Katie
Born in 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.
