[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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What I Learn From My Thousand Mile Failures
I have been running since December 18, 1999. Here and there along the way, I set the goal of running 1,000 miles. I put a training plan in place to achieve that goal each time. I fell far short each time. Right now, fresh from foot surgery, trying to...
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Finding Poems
“Maybe if we re-invent whatever our lives give us we find poems.” ― Naomi Shihab Nye I spend my days between re-invention and poetry. At this time when we think about spring, resurrection, and resistance, considering re-invention ...
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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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About Katie
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.
