Books Falling Archives - Katie Steedly

[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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Big Magic

“Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. The rest of it will take care of itself.” Elizabeth Gilbert I have paid attention to Elizabeth Gilbert for many years. I read her books, subscribe to her Substack, and follow her social med...

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Write Like A MF

"if your Nerve, deny you-go above your Nerve."Emily Dickinson I am continuing to read tiny beautiful things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar, by Cheryl Strayed. In her letter, Elissa Bassist - a 28 year old writer who battles the demons of...

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The Future Has An Ancient Heart

The future has an ancient heart. Carlo Levi Cheryl Strayed’s tiny beautiful things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar fell into my hands at a bookstore years ago. I had just moved to a different part of the country. I knew no one. I had ...

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WTF WTF WTF

Dear Sugar, WTF, WTF, WTF?I am asking this question as it applies to everything every day. Best, WTF This is an actual letter published in Cheryl Strayed's tiny beautiful things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar. In her response, Strayed te...

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