[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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Category: Poetry

Obituary Generator
[ ] died in the afternoon but did not live comfortably past the morning. Their family did not know them and neither do I.from "Obituary Generator" by Mariah Bosch Some years ago I wrote obituaries for my grandmother and uncle. Both people were...
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Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream a World
Nimbawaadaan akiing I dream a world izhi-mikwendamang of ones who remember nandagikenindamang gaye who seek the truth and maamwidebwe’endamang waabang believe in tomorrow together.From Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Drea...
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Lightening
The oaks shone/ gaunt gold/ on the lip/ of the storm before/ the wind rose,/ the shapeless mouth/ opened and began/ its five-hour howl;/ the lights/ went out fast, branches/ sidled over/ the pitch of the roof, bounced/ into the year/ that grew black/...
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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.