[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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Category: Course Work
Course Work
Living the Comma #1
Dream Days. Tomatoes. Short Sentences. Hello Friends, I lead a writing group at my church. We meet the first Sunday of each month (in person and virtually) — August through May. In an effort to bring folks together around words, at this time ...
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Course Work
The Unknowable Beginning
On Quitting My Dream Job I thought I knew myself when I quit my dream job — the job that had been my answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” for many years. I laid on the couch eating ramen and cereal for a f...
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Course Work
MONDAYS ARE FREE 096 — 100
Literature Magazine. Plots. Rhythm. Quitting. Poetry. EXERCISE 096: CREATE ANOTHER LIT MAG call for submissions How often do you daydream with friends about starting a literary magazine? Name it, delegate roles for your ideal masthead, and ...
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Course Work
Not Everything Broken Stays That Way
The Poetry and Science of Repair I want to tell the story of my peroneal tendon. Our bodies are miracles. The surgery to repair my torn peroneal tendon was a miracle. It happened 8 months ago this week. The physical therapy in which I have been en...
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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.
