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[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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Taking A Walk #8

Pace. Marathons. Gifts. For the first time in a long time I will not be running/walking in the Kentucky Derby Festival mini-Marathon this weekend. Recent foot surgery has made this year’s race impossible. This week’s walk is about finding our ...

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Nyepi. Luck. Resistance. This week was Nyepi. The Balinese celebrate Nyepi, a day of silence in the spring of the year as part of their New Year tradition. It is a day meant to clear the way. Eeryone sits in silence on Nyepi. Roads are empty. Shop...

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Tenderness is in the hands.

Writing. Kintsugi. My Nana's hands. I wrote with both hands in a writing class a few years ago. We wrote using our right (dominant, for me) and our left (non-dominant) hands. I started the exercise with pen and paper and journal and then moved to ...

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Taking A Walk #7

MoLI. Poetry. Language April is National Poetry Month and my literary walks through the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) continue. One of the exhibits in the museum is a wall of quotes from Irish writers. I stood forever reading their...

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