Course Work Archives - Page 16 of 25 - 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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Category: Course Work

Course Work, Poetry

I Ask Percy How I Should Live My Life

Love, love, love, says Percy./ And hurry as fast as you can/ along the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust./ Then, go to sleep./ Give up your body heat, your beating heart./ Then, trust. Mary Oliver [Advice from Mary Oliver's dog, Percy.] ...

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Course Work

MONDAYS ARE FREE 041 — 045

EXERCISE 041: ON LISTING AGAINST DEATH a declaration of what we love Write a list of 100 objects you see, hear, touch, taste, or smell throughout your day. The only requirement is that it is all one sense. If you want to carry the exercise fur...

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Course Work

Right Hand / Left Hand

Right Hand /Left Hand In the spirit of curiosity, I decided to do a little riff on our homework. (Maybe I am distorting things to the point where it is unrecognizable from an original exercise. It has been useful, so I just want to share.) I wrote...

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Course Work

MONDAYS ARE FREE 026 — 030

Spill. Forgive. Love. Praise. Rest. EXERCISE 026: DIVINE Spill the tea Make yourself a cup of tea. Tip the cup so the tea spills (wherever: table, sink, floor, sidewalk). Describe what the tea looks like as it’s spilling. Reveal a secret ...

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