[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
Living the Comma #36
On Purpose. Faith. Anne Lamott. “You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are feeding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.” ― Anne Lamott Dear Writer Friends, Church this week ...
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Course Work
The Door in the Ordinary
The Impossible Opening There is a historical brick factory across the street from my house. In front of the factory (now a renovated art gallery/house) there is a worn, uneven path made from bricks crafted of Georgia clay.In walking toward the tra...
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Course Work
Living the Comma #35
Teddy Bears. Joy Harjo. Hands. Trust in the value of making things. Not just in the value of the things you have made.” — Maggie Smith Dear Writer Friends, I have been a part of making teddy bears for families impacted by our broken ...
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Course Work
WANTED Week Three
The Ohio River I am always seeking home. I was born and raised on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. Speed boats and rope swings and King Fish. Generations and Derbies and Cardinals. Calliopes and Barges and Fossil Beds. Ohio River Valley all...
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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.
