[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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Paying Attention
Our Marriage Vows
I (Katie/Greg) take you (Greg/Katie)/to be my partner, companion, confidant and friend./I promise to walk with you hand-in-hand./To listen with my entire heart,/awake to the beauty of your world./To be courageous, vulnerable and honest,/always gratef...
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Books Falling, Gratitude
Confession: No Thanks
Gratitude is the memory of the heart. French Proverb I have been looking at gratitude for a few years now. In the Prologue to Diana Butler-Bass' Grateful: The Subversive Practice of Giving Thanks, she frames her gratitude journey. I feel a gratitu...
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Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Beautiful Short Loser
Tell me this, why is the past tense always longer? Ocean Vuong The past tense is always longer because are memories are always bigger than real time. The past tense is always longer because our stories are built of drama and details. The past tens...
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Poetry
Leaving the Island
It must have been/ the slant of the light,/ the sheer cross-grain of rain/ against the summer sun, the way the island appeared/ gifted, out of the gleam/ and the depth of distance, so/ that when you turned/ to look again,/ the scend of the sea/ had c...
read moreAbout 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.
