[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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Poetry, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: A Celebration of Poetry and Spring
April is National Poetry Month. In celebration of poetry and spring, I listened to a 2016 On Being conversation with Mary Oliver, "I got saved by the beauty of the world." As I walked through Piedmont Park, a large park in the heart of Atlanta, I rea...
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Poetry
The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es Su Privilege)
I am your aunty for lifeHere are clean sheets,and my spare keyFrom Mohja Kahf's The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es Su Privilege) I come from a long line of amazing Aunties. Aunt Bessie, my father's Great Aunt who lived to the age of 94, taught me to ...
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Paying Attention, Weekly Wide-Awake
Here Is The Beltline IV
"Art is the highest source of hope." Gerhard Richter My Atlanta BeltLine Writing Project has come to an end. Having written last week about what I know for sure after writing about art on the Beltline for 4 weeks, I want to share my gratitude for ...
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Paying Attention, Weekly Wide-Awake
Here is The Beltline III
In a few weeks we will celebrate our year living on the Beltline. The last few weeks of intentional attention have both challenged and reinforced what I know for sure. I know for sure that sunshine is good for the soul. I know for sure that ou...
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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.
