[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: Podcasts
Doing Philosophy, Podcasts
Leap into the Fire
Who gets to decide if you are an artist?Elizabeth Gilbert This question hits me right between the eyes. It makes me think about the tension between hobby and profession. I makes me think about who gets to ultimately answer that question. Do we ans...
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Doing Philosophy, Podcasts
Choosing Curiosity Over Fear
I think curiosity is our friend that teaches us how to become ourselves. And it’s a very gentle friend, and a very forgiving friend, and a very constant one.Elizabeth Gilbert For Gilbert, creativity is about choosing curiosity over fear. That ma...
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Doing Philosophy, Podcasts
Your Elusive Creative Genius
‘Ole!’ to you, just for having the sheer human love and stubbornness to keep showing up! — Elizabeth Gilbert In a TED talk, Your Elusive Creative Genius, delivered following the global success of her memoir Eat Pray Love, Eli...
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Podcasts
Unlocking Us: Bono
I have always secretly wanted to be a rock star. Never played an instrument beyond the french horn in middle school band. Though I performed at a professional dinner theatre when I was young, I haven't sung in public for going on 20 years, the rock s...
read moreAbout Katie
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.
