[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!
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.
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.
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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When I Tell My Husband I Miss the Sun, He Knows
against each other. We bring the shadow game home and (this is my favorite part) when we stretch our shadows across the bed, we get so tangled my husband grips his own wrist, certain it's my wrist, and kisses it. From Paige Lewis' When I ...
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Even Now
Even now there are places where a thought might grow. Derek Mahon What does growth look like in Autumn? Growth looks like shedding, clearing, and making room. Growth looks colorful — like living life in full-on brilliance. Growth looks like cele...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: On Anniversaries, Elephant Gods, and Good Stories
Then what in your opinion is a good story? 'What it's always been, monkey,' Ganesha said. 'One dhansu conflict. Some chaka-chak song and dance. Grief. Love. Love for the lover, love for the mother. Love for the land. Comedy. Terror. One tremendous vi...
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We spoke with different voices
We spoke with different voices, but when she was telling me her story her words became my words. Kate Cruise O'Brien Different voices connect through story. Like bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons allow our bodies to move, our stories allow us...
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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.
