[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 – Power
This week I think about power. Just power. The power of truth. The power of seeing. The power to break free from cages. Even, the power of data. At this moment when I feel powerless, I turn to the powerful. I seek to reclaim power from the daily deluge of corruption and disease of our world. I want to set my sights higher. I want to lift my spirits. Perhaps tap into a Eliud Kipchoge or Brandi Chastain moment in the midst of all that is. The books that fell this week helped me do that.
I am writing this as we watch a Zoom concert of a friend live from Key West – not knowing when we will be able to see him play live again. I miss friends. I miss hog fish sandwiches and lobster rolls. I miss pina colada buckets and Angelina’s pizza and the Durtbags and Boat House Happy Hour. I miss plans. I miss weekends away. I miss not feeling guilty that I miss things. I miss life without anger and fear. I watch the sunset in the background that frames his guitar. I think about his wedding on the water that was just a few months ago – in December of 2019. How different things were then. I sigh.
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.
