[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: Paying Attention
Gratitude, Paying Attention
Getting to Cleveland: A Gratitude Conversation with Seth Godin
Seth Godin was my first “Yes.” Let me explain. In 2017, heartbroken and eyeballs deep in despair, I started searching for things for which to be grateful. I asked myself the question asked by poet Katie Farris “Why write love poetr...
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Paying Attention
Taking A Walk #9
Walking with John Prine during Derby Week If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that’s pretty good. — John Prine It feels good to laugh. At serious times, it is hard not to get paralyzed by seriousness. A...
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Paying Attention, Poetry
Theories of Time and Space
You can get there from here, though/ there’s no going home. — Natasha Trethewey, from "Theories of Time and Space“ In her poem, "Theories of Time and Space," Natasha Trethewey describes her experience going home to Gulfport, Mississippi. Tr...
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Paying Attention, Poetry
The Synthesis of Hyacinths and Biscuits
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. - Carl Sandburg April is National Poetry Month. I love to write about poetry. From celebrating the craft of Poet Laureates, to mining the riches of new poets’ work, to collecting Presidential I...
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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.
