[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 Poets light but Lamps
The Poets light but Lamps -/ Themselves – go out -/ The Wicks the stimulate – If vital Light// Inhere as do the Suns -/ Each Age a Lens/ Disseminating their/ Circumference
Emily Dickinson
Many moons ago, I had to write an educational philosophy statement. I used this poem to frame my statement. The years have taught me our core philosophies —the philosophies we do — don’t change. Though we are not yet, we are. What makes us tick makes us tick. What we are curious about, we are curious about. How we make our way is how we make our way. How we figure things out is how we figure things out. Our tactics and strategies will adapt. The ground beneath our feet will shift. Our philosophies remain.
My educational philosophy has stayed the same. We are Poets when we use our minds, hands, and hearts as Lamps to light the world. We are vital—light. Inspiration is infinite and looks like love in action. Inspired Light changes the Ages.
About Katie
Born in 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.
