[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 poems we love – what are they … ?
The poems we love—what are they Made of?
Nothing.
From Gregory Orr, “The poems we love — what are they . . .“
In a silent world, the poems we love are speech. In a broken world, the poems we love are whole. In a fearful world, the poems we love are faith.
The “Nothing” of poems we love is an empty bowl. The “Nothing”of poems we love is a beginner’s mind. The “Nothing” of poems we love is a constellation. The “Nothing” of poems we love is a seed.
The poems we love are a whole meal. The poems we love are the eye of a storm. The poems we love are a candle flame. The poems we love are our broken hearts and scar tissue. The poems we love are secrets and songs. The poems we love are silk and cashmere. The poems we love are our truths. The poems we love are our hope. The poems we love are our sanctuary.
About Katie
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.
