[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!
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.
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.
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Living the Comma #28
Summer Break. Poetry Outdoors. Cheryl Strayed. Dear Writer Friends, Yesterday, we gathered for our last face-to-face Living the Comma Writer’s Group before we take a summer break. It is hard to believe it has been 9 months since our first gat...
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Living the Comma #26
A Celebration of Life. Exploring Calling. More Poetry. Listen, everyone has a chance./ Is it spring, is it morning?/ Are there trees near you,/ and does your own soul need comforting?/ Quick, then – open the door and fly on your heavy feet; the...
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Living the Comma #27
Ragtime. Transcendence. Presidential Poetry. Beyond that road,/ Beyond this lifetime,/ That car full of hope/ Will always gleam/ With the promise of happiness/ And the freedom we'll live to know/ We'll travel with/ heads held high/ Just as far as...
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Living the Comma #25
Diving. Love Letters. Today. I came to explore the wreck./ The words are purposes./ The words are maps./ I came to see the damage that was done/ and the treasures that prevail. From “Diving into the Wreck” — Adrienne Rich Dear Writer...
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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.
