[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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Ledge
What anchors us/ to this thirst/ & earth, its threats/ & thinnesses —/ its ways of waning
Kevin Young, Ledge
& making the most of — of worse & much/ worse — if not/ this light lifting/ up over the ridge
Seeing over the ridge is a gift. Especially when we are sitting on a ledge. An edge. A decision point. A cross road. A moment when we know everything after will never be the same. Clarity in those moments is hard won. Peace in those moments comes with years of listening and breathing.
Our light in those times lifts us up. It keeps us learning and creating and growing. It keeps us from drinking the poison and burning it all down and tearing it all to shreds. It’s more than simple positivity. It’s more than silver linings. It’s more than half full glasses. It’s about the certainty that our light sustains. It’s about the certainty that our light is a powerful force. It’s about the certainty that our light allows us to lift our eyes and see beyond the ridge.
About Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
