[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
MONDAYS ARE FREE 056 — 060
Blueberry Pancakes. Blooms. Rivers. Animals. Hands. EXERCISE 056: TUNE IN just for the sound Throughout the day, pay close attention to what you say and to the conversations you hear. (It can help to go to the post office or DMV!) Write ...
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Course Work
MONDAYS ARE FREE 051 — 055
Photographs. Wishes. Words. Recollection. EXERCISE 051: WRITING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS make a wish Look at a picture from the news. Describe the picture. Make a wish for anyone or anything in the picture. I have chosen a photograph by Mahmoud...
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Course Work
MONDAYS ARE FREE 046 — 050
Dreams. Possibility. Leaps. Research. Bewilderment. EXERCISE 046: DREAMWORK between sleep & wakefulness Transcribe a dream exactly. Don’t comment, don’t let us know if you don’t remember this part of that part. Just transcribe wha...
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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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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.
