[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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On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp,/ praise song for walking forward in that light. Elizabeth Bishop Election Day is coming up and I need inspiration and peace of mind. (Perhaps we all need inspiration and peace of mind.) My historian friends ...
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What I Learned About Gratitude This Year
I started working on my gratitude newsletter in July of 2016. The tone of the 2016 United States Presidential campaign left me no choice but to create something positive in the world. My heart was too heavy to carry all my sadness alone. Working on a...
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Hope and Change: What I learned campaigning for Barack Obama in 2008
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama Making My Way I drove off at 7:01 a.m., just as the parking officer was about to t...
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Doing Philosophy
To The Person Who Chooses Not To Vote
Election Day is November 5th, but voting is happening right now in many places and many ways. Check here for more information. To mark that occasion, I want to stand alongside the many people encouraging everyone to have their voices heard. I am ...
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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.
