[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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Doing Philosophy
Before the Butterfly
A few years ago my best friend gave me a copy of Hope for the Flowers. It was a Valentine’s gift during what I had termed “The Year of the Butterfly.” The book is the story of two caterpillars and their journey. Published in 1972, it is pa...
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Doing Philosophy
Playing Small
There is a lot of talk about playing small right now. From a gender perspective, people ask why women are encouraged to play small personally and professionally? Through a critical lens, people ask what is the power dynamic that forces people to...
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Poetry
A Modified Villanelle for My Childhood
Each month it got a little less civil Isolation is a learned defense When all you wanna do is write lyrical. From "A Modified Villanelle for My Childhood" by Suzi F. Garcia Life has gotten less civil in recent years. We can argue the roo...
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Doing Philosophy
The Risk to Be Touched
Touch bleeds the heart of its pressure. - Mark Nepo Touch is risky. Touch is powerful. Touch is not neutral. It can heal and it can hurt. It can comfort and it can cause pain. It can connect and it can isolate. Touch is complex. I want to be a hugger...
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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.
