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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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Weekly Wide-Awake: Thank You On Being

Dear On Being, On the occasion of your 20th anniversary, as you announce changes that promise new growth and depth, I want to say thank you. I have pulled together a few of my favorite podcast episodes and reflections in celebration of what you ha...

Doing Philosophy, Weekly Wide-Awake

Weekly Wide-Awake: Every Morning The World Is Created

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Mary Oliver I have been blogging daily for several years. The exercise has been part practice, part enjoyment, and part meditation. As I think about it, attention, astoni...

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Weekly Wide-Awake: Indigo Girls

So I know I'm all rightLife will come and life will goStill I feel it's all rightCause I just got a letter to my soulAnd when my whole life is on the tip of my tongueEmpty pages for the no longer youngThe apathy of time laughs in my faceYou say "each...