[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 #6
MoLI. Poetry. Language It is National Poetry Month so my walks will take a literary turn. We will stroll through the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI). In August of 2024, I spent two weeks in Ireland. One day began at the MoLI. I have ...
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MONDAYS ARE FREE 021 — 025
LANGUAGE. HISTORY. HUMOR. EXERCISE 021: SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE a poem that embeds Write a poem that embeds a language other than English inside of it. “Bien dans sa peau.” She said. Comfortable in your own skin. “Bien d...
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Weekly Wide-Awake #2
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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Holding Nana’s Hands
I was holding my Nana’s hands when she passed away. I was her only granddaughter. Her namesake. Her beauty shop companion. Her sidekick rose gardener. Her sous chef who loved butter as much as she did. Her New Year’s Eve date. Her engagement ring...
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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.
