[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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Course Work
The Delight of Golden Joinery
My childhood bedroom walls were adorned with beautiful china plates carefully curated by the women in my family — my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Kittens, butterflies, and flowers, mainly, watched over my comings and goings well into...
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Living the Comma #22
What if? Living the Comma. Water. Dear Writer Friends, Our minister recently asked the question, “What if?” To provide a little context, she asked it of our church responding to the questions of our times. Her message made me think of a few...
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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 201-205
Teachers. The United States. Mothers. Fathers. Brothers. EXERCISE 201: WRITE TO SOMEONE WHO TAUGHT YOU acknowledge who they are Write a letter to a teacher or teacher figure. Dear Ms. R., / I hope this note finds you well. I hope you ar...
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Living the Comma #21
Sangha. Two-Week Projects. Rest. Dear Writer Friends, I read an interview this week, “Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here.” (It is a great read!) Solnit explains, One of the great weaknesses of our era is that we ...
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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.
