[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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Weekly Wide-Awake: Love
“Love as ‘the will to extend one’s self for the the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth. Love is as love does. Love is an act of will — namely, both an intention and an action.”
bell hooks
This week I am thinking about Love. I love Valentine’s Day. I love a day specifically for the purpose of celebrating love in all its amazing complexity. Read about the history of Valentine’s Day. Read my Medium essay, Before the Butterfly, which tells the story of a past Valentine’s gift. The poetry of E.E. Cummings and Rita Dove speak to love’s unique beauty. Stevie Wonder’s “As” makes me cry. bell hooks “Love As A Practice of Freedo and Ashleigh Ellin’s New York Times Article “Should We Cancel Valentine’s Day” make me think. The thoughts of Alain de Botton about love make me think, too. Listen to the On Being Conversation, “The True Hard Work of Love and Relationships and read his NY Times article “Why You Will Marry The Wrong Person.“
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.
