[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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Wonder
I have been thinking about wonder. When I think about wonder I think about waterfalls, newborn babies, and whales. I think about seeds, snowflakes, and rainbows. I think about lightning, skyscrapers, and silk. Wonder defies description. Wonder often ...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Starting Over
It don't matter to meWherever we are is where I wanna beAnd, honey, for once in our lifeLet's take our chances and roll the diceI can be your lucky pennyYou can be my four-leaf cloverStarting overStarting overChris Stapleton — Starting Over Welc...
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A Salve Made With Dirt
I was a thorn rushing to be with a rose,/ vinegar blending with honey, a pot of// poison turning to healing salve, patsy/ wine dregs thrown in the millrace. I was// a diseased eye reaching for Jesus' robe,/ raw meat cooking in the fire. Then I found/...
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Both Wings Broken
Love draws a dagger and pulls me close./ Lock and key. Bird with both wings// broken. The love religion is all that's/ written here. Who else would say this?// You open me wide open. Or you tie me/ tighter. The ball waits on the field// to be hit aga...
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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.