[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
Enter your email here to receive Weekly Wide-Awake
latest posts
Books Falling
Robert Lawrence Smith and Truth
"Truth is whatever satisfies the soul."Walt Whitman "Truth" is chapter 4 in Robert Lawrence Smith's A Quaker Book of Wisdom. Smith explains that truth is a fundamental tenant of Quaker Life. Truth, and how to define it and find it in our world, is...
read more
Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: In Praise of Thanks
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart I am generally a thankful person. I am not one to wait until I sit around the Thanksgiving table to count my blessings. That being said, I have to...
read more
Doing Philosophy
A Thanksgiving Prayer
On this day, we remember our interconnection and interdependence. May we breathe in peace and breathe out love. May we know clarity of purpose and vision. May we feel the strength and promise of healthy bodies, minds, and spirits. May we ...
read more
Paying Attention
Making A Place At The Table For Grief On Thanksgiving
In "Making A Place At The Table For Grief On Thanksgiving: The holidays aren't easy for everyone," published in BuzzFeed in 2013, BuzzFeed Literary Editor, Saeed Jones, weaves the story of loss during the holidays by presenting individual narratives ...
read moreAbout Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
